by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 19, 2009 | Green
Food, glorious food…” That’s one of 3 yr. old Rachel’s favorite little song lines (from Ice Age 2). I thought of it last night as I browsed through the garden and then made dinner from my finds. The potatoes came from a neighbor, but the...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 18, 2009 | Green
Last week was a little busy: Bottling beef was my job to kick off the week. Canning even part of the grass-fed beef was a big job, but the convenience is worth it. Cute, but guilty. On Sunday, Mark bent down to pick up Jim and threw his back out. He had to slow down...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 16, 2009 | Green
It’s fair time in northern Michigan! There are large regional ones and small county ones. I have to brag a bit. Our children did well at our county 4-H show this past week. Keith and Rachel both showed goats in the tiny tots showmanship and got...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 4, 2009 | Green
ANNOUNCING OUR NEWEST PRODUCT We’ve wanted to add grass-fed beef to our product list for some time and have finally found our beef. One of our neighbors has co-oped with us to make this possible. These animals are Holstein steers, rotationally grazed through a...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 28, 2009 | Green
back fatWe had the opportunity to process a Mangalitsa this past week. The meat was good–tasted comparable to a mature standard hog though this one was immature. What was impressive was the fat. Mangalitsas are, of course, prized for their fat, but until...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 26, 2009 | Butchering, Green, Home Schooling
Home School Lessons from the Butcher Shop Education is part of daily life here. For example, Monday we were processing chickens. Sam got bored and curious at his station and started to dissect a chicken head. He brought it in to show me what he thought was the...
