by Mark & Jill Baker | May 26, 2015 | Mangalitsa, Organic Farming
We had the great pleasure of a visit from Renee Martin, who’s Michigansnowpony youtube channel did a great job of bringing the DNR’s most recent foolishness with pigs to the public’s attention. She and her girls picked out a couple of pigs to take...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 2, 2013 | Mangalitsa, Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa
We’ve had folks wondering about acquiring pigs. These are fantastic homestead hogs. They can handle winter without extraordinary help. They will grow well on forage and scraps. They get fat. Very fat. If you are a paleo eater or Weston A. Price adherent,...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 12, 2013 | Green, Organic Farming
Dirt – Growing Veggies in Northern Michigan during the Winter? Today is one of “those” days. Blah. Uninspired. Gray. Snow sifting down and settling on frozen dirt. Dirt. Wish I had some right now. Two of my boys had a craving for dirt last...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 27, 2012 | Butchering, Chickens, Education, Fun, Learn how to butcher, Mangalitsa, Organic Farming
Any One Can Farm Classes Education is a significant part of what we do, from informal consults over the phone (“how do I know if my chickens are ready to butcher?”), to conversations on the farm, to work study learning. This weekend kicks off a more...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 9, 2012 | Chickens, Organic Chicken, Organic Farming
Chicken is our primary occupation right now. Even though I haven’t written lately, don’t think we have been on vacation. We don’t even wish we had, because we’ve been having fun. Working, but at this point in the season, it’s still fun....
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 16, 2011 | Chickens, Green, Mangalitsa, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Chicken, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Pork, Organic Breakfast Sausage, Organic Chicken, Organic Farming, Organic Pork, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Chicken, Pasture Raised Pork
On April 12 we officially had the first chickens out on grass. Well, grass such as it is when the snow has only been off it a week or less. We needed to clean out the clearspan building in preparation for our summer production, so these chickens got kicked out and...
