by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 2, 2010 | Green
If you couldn’t sweat, how would you stay cool when the temperature reads 90 degrees? If you were a pig, you’d do something like this: Pigs cool off by taking a mud bath, much like rhinos and elephants. The water slowly evaporates, cooling them like your...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 26, 2010 | Green
As I’ve said before, we’re not afraid to share what we know. Education is a part of what we do. Case in point is the Stuart Kunkle family. They’ve had gardens and animals before, but are starting over. They purchased a few Russian Boer weaner...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 19, 2010 | Green
THEY’RE OUT!! We have a clearspan full of baby birds, but the tractors are filling up. The rainy, windy weather was a challenge, but Mark shifted wind blocks around as the wind changed and the birds did OK. We’ve actually been able to harvest some from...
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 | Jan 10, 2010 | Homesteading, Mangalitsa, Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa
Meant to be pigs – Raising Mangalitsa Hogs There’s nothing like watching a pig do what it’s meant to do. These Mangalitsa pigs are fun to watch, too, because they are so different from the standard hogs we’ve raised before. They are like the...
