by Mark & Jill Baker | May 3, 2010 | Green
“Many hand make light work.” So said my wise and very experienced Grandmother. We’ve found that not only do many hand make light work–it’s a lot more fun, too. Here’s some of our projects: This weekend we trekked north of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 19, 2010 | Green
What a sight. The first batch of chickens out on pasture. These guys are almost grown, but they’ll spend the last week or two weeks on the fresh, green grass. Jim loved standing outside to watch them, though he wasn’t too sure about the grass on his...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 3, 2010 | Green
Meet the new additions: We now have Mangalitsa breeding stock. These are blond Mangalitsas. The feeder pigs are swallow-bellied Mangalitsas. The little pigs are about 4 months old, so they have some growing to do. The front one is so classically wooly that...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 13, 2010 | Green
We’ve been offered a great opportunity. “We can use xxx birds a week.” The number is three times as many as we’ve really finished per week before. Wow. “Can we get a better price?” Again, wow. That’s set off quite a lot...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 13, 2010 | Green
Spring must be here! We have babies everywhere: chicks, piglets, kid goats, calves–even Jim has discovered the great out-of-doors. He heads out of doors if those doors are left open in his bid to keep up with his favorite playmates. One of the surest signs of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 1, 2010 | Green
Spring’s coming–really it’s got to be. Even though everyone in this house was feeling the winter blahs today, we’ve got enough babies in the barn that we know we can be looking forward to warmer weather. It started off with baby pigs. The...
