by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 14, 2011 | Green
Almost the middle of November already. The fall has gone by as quickly as the summer did! Keith is looking forward to next week. He’s been working on raising his turkeys since the beginning of July. It’s quite a project for a 7/8 year old boy to...
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...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 21, 2009 | Green
Deer season, that is. In honor of this momentus time of year, Joe the Skinner wrote a poem: Fall is come, Yellow leaves are here. Downstaters come with their 24 packs of Budlight Beer and their big guns to shoot that 2 point deer. Oh yes, fall is here. Fact is,...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 17, 2009 | Green
Oh, has November in northern Michigan ever been nice. My Canadian aunt has been listing the things she’s still enjoying fresh from her garden. Our own garden has been producing little bits yet. I’ve gotta cook up some pumpkins and squash that got a bit...
by Bakers | Nov 9, 2008 | Chickens, Education, Fun, Organic Farming
Welcome to this update from the northern Michigan Home of the Happy Hen, where pastured poultry still abound, the eggs are farm fresh and beautiful, the goat milk is fresh, and the kids can get happily dirty.Last weekend we spent Saturday afternoon watching a fellow...
