by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 13, 2011 | Green
Fall – Baker’s Green Acres – Northern Michigan Farm Last week there was one rather chilly night. I thought we’d been missed by Jack Frost, but over the weekend I was watering squash and picking raspberries and noticed signs of a light frost. ...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 9, 2011 | Green
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to harvest….” I noticed this week that there is a bit of fog in the mornings. And that the nights are...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 19, 2011 | Green
With the super hot weather lately, there are different challenges to raising broiler chickens. These birds are hybrid and have trouble with extremes of weather. In the past we have lost many birds to the heat despite our best efforts, but we’ve also learned a...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 28, 2011 | Green
Jim is two. He lives to do what his siblings do, from eating what they eat, to saying whatever they say (sometimes they regret that!), to… Helping with the biochar retort… **** **** **** **** *** Playing with the cow… *** *** *** *** *** and baby...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 16, 2011 | Green
The rain is wonderful. The sun is great. We especially love it when it rains hard like it did yesterday and then is sunny and warm like today. The grass seemed to grow two inches! We spent the day outside as much as possible, with various degrees of sunburn to...
