by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 1, 2010 | Green
Spring’s coming–really it’s got to be. Even though everyone in this house was feeling the winter blahs today, we’ve got enough babies in the barn that we know we can be looking forward to warmer weather. It started off with baby pigs. The...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 11, 2009 | Green
This week we are waving our last goodbyes to a grand old lady. I’m not so sure about the last goodbye part–she will live on in the lives of those of us left behind–goodbyes are messy like that. I don’t know that it’s right to think of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 4, 2009 | Green
It’s a gray, yucky day here on the farm. We’re ready for some liquid sunshine in the form of the cod liver pills we take through the winter. There’s a nasty cold (maybe flu?) going around, closing schools (except for those fortunate children who...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 12, 2009 | Green
It’s safe to say fall is here. We’ve been busy beavers. The boys have been thinning the sparrow population. These nuisance birds flock together in the fall–one sure sign winter is on its way. About this time of year they begin to prefer the barn...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 1, 2009 | Green
I had a great privilage yesterday. I watched a master at his trade. Since we started this business in earnest (as opposed to the hobby farming we did for years), I’ve had to catch and handle my share of chickens. It isn’t always easy. Especially when...
