by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 8, 2010 | Green
It’s over for this year. I think we’re finally hitting our stride again. We couldn’t have had better weather: 50 degrees and sunny. There wasn’t even a breeze. The food was all superb, from the breakfast served by Brian Williams and A.J....
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 21, 2010 | Mangalitsa
Mangalitsa – Old Fashioned Pig We recently joined a Facebook group focused on salt curing pork. A book was brought up that has been added to my “books to buy” list. It’s called Home Pork Making: a complete guide. , by A.W. Fulton. If you...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 21, 2010 | Green
What’s new at Baker’s Green Acres now that it’s fall? Not much. We’re taking advantage of the beautiful weather to harvest as much grass as possible. These hogs show the value of that! They are about 19 months old now and ready for harvest...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 29, 2010 | Green
Harvesting sunlight: that’s what we do. At a “grazing school” we recently attended, one of the presenters said, “There are very few free lunches in this world….The sun is one of them.” One of the things we knew and had reinforced...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 5, 2010 | Green
The pigs are loose! Fortunately they’re loose in the next field over. And they’re supposed to be loose in there. The pasture Mark planted in April is finally grown enough to put the Mangalitsas in to graze the greens and dig the roots. This particular...
