by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 15, 2011 | Green
Sunday night is gear-up night. We’ve found that picking up chickens at night makes the job a lot easier. Chickens (and other fowl) don’t move at night. That makes them easy prey for nocturnal hunters, including chicken farmers. The guys go out after dark,...
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...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 28, 2011 | Green
Sometimes this time in the winter feels like the “dog days” of the season. The sun yesterday was inspirational, though. We all got outside, worked on various projects, enjoyed the warmth and UV rays. The pigs are lazy fellows. Their house flooded in...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 7, 2010 | Green
“Properly prepared, meat stocks are extremely nutritious, containing the minerals of bone, cartilage, marrow and vegetables as electrolytes, a form that is easy to assimilate. Acidic wine or vinegar added during cooking helps to draw minerals, particularly...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 23, 2010 | Green
Silly me. I thought that once Pigstock was done we’d have a lull in which to catch our collective breath and prep for deer rifle season. Silly me. The week after our Mangalitsa pig fest was spent cleaning up and catching up. We had a fairly large batch of...
