by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 10, 2020 | Chickens, Free Range Chicken, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Chicken, Organic Chicken, Organic Farming, Pasture Raised Chicken
The snow is melting. The sun is shining. The kids are shedding their snowpants and coats. Spring! That makes me think about Chickens. Also, my chicken corner in the freezer is almost empty, so that makes me think about spring and chickens, too. This week I’ve...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 25, 2020 | Education, Organic Farming, Virtual Farmer
Books are a homestead farmer’s best friend. Right up there with YouTube and Google. And older farmers. On our LIVE YOUTUBE Q&A programs, we’ve been asked what books we use as resources and reference. There’s a whole list right here: Homestead...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 8, 2019 | Green
Wealth can be measured by money in the bank. But a better measure may be abundance of life. By that accounting, homestead farmers are the richest folks on earth! We were at a lunch with a group of friends not too long ago, and the younger lady across from me with...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 2, 2016 | Free Range Turkey, Grass Fed Turkey, Green, Pasture Raised, Turkey
The farm is a family affair, and so we encourage the kids to try their hands at something entrepreneurial. For the last several years Keith has nurtured his free range turkeys as his project. He is getting pretty good at brooding the not-so-bright birds and keeping...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 2, 2016 | Butchering, Chickens, Free Range Chicken, Green, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Chicken, Organic Chicken, Pasture Raised Chicken
Yeah for Fall! The last chicken butchering of the season As much as we love raising the best pasture chicken in northern Michigan, the last butchering of the season is a happy day. This year we lost the older helpers to school, so we had to call in the young...
