by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 19, 2009 | Green
Food, glorious food…” That’s one of 3 yr. old Rachel’s favorite little song lines (from Ice Age 2). I thought of it last night as I browsed through the garden and then made dinner from my finds. The potatoes came from a neighbor, but the...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 16, 2009 | Green
It’s fair time in northern Michigan! There are large regional ones and small county ones. I have to brag a bit. Our children did well at our county 4-H show this past week. Keith and Rachel both showed goats in the tiny tots showmanship and got...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 24, 2009 | Green
We were enjoying some sun after a rainy day and visited with the pigs. They’ve got a nice, big, “new’ feeder, so we wanted to see how they were doing with it. If burying one’s face in the “plate” is good, these guys are set! ...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 1, 2009 | Green, Green Acres, Organic Farming, Organic Politics, Uncategorized
Yesterday Mark, Kyle, Joe, Sam, and I spent the day in classrooms. The boys decided they liked their home classroom better than the Grayling High School ones, so that was one unexpected bonus. This is the first year they’ve gone. There were sessions designed...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 29, 2008 | Education, Green, Organic Farming
Saturday and Sunday I went treasure hunting. As Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) once said, “There’s treasure everywhere!” I went treasure hunting in the garden. A fresh carrot just sounded like the best thing in the world to me, and fried potatoes for...
