by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 20, 2012 | Green
“In Your Backyard” Chicken Anyone can farm!” A relatively easy place to start is a few chickens in your yard, busily converting your grass into protein and saving you some fertilizer costs. Spend a day on the farm learning how to start chicks and raise...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 6, 2011 | Green
We were talking with Peter Hirst and he mentioned this AMA overlooked disorder: Nature Deficit Disorder. We find that when children come to the farm, they delight in their access to animals, plants, dirt. They love, in a word, nature. I realized today what it means...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 15, 2008 | Chickens, Education, Green, Learn how to butcher, Organic Farming
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” Some of us enjoy the snow, but some could live without it. Mark, for one, would be happy to take a break from plowing out the yard for a while. To make matters worse, the plow truck lost its 4 wheel drive...