by Mark & Jill Baker | May 1, 2015 | Bakers Green Acres VS Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Organic Politics
I’m writing outside today for the first time in a really long time. Like years. It’s been an interesting year, this year since the DNR graciously bestowed our pigs back to us. Many people have asked us, some almost immediately, “You’re OK now, back to business like...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 13, 2015 | Green
The baby pigs born in February’s snow are loving April’s sun. They will be ready to go to new homes starting mid April. The older ones are, alternately, digging to China and sunbathing. The guys are...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 21, 2014 | Green
We are seasonal eaters, for the most part. One of the facets of that is that we have seasonal “treats.” Fall brings smoked chicken, squash, lots of apple cider. Summer treats include corn on the cob and tomatoes. Spring is the season of asparagus,...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 22, 2014 | Green
We’re getting chickens ready for the summer season. A chicken raised to be a chicken, eating grass, catching bugs, basking in the sun and fresh air, is the most fabulous eating experience. Because they are raised with all the good nutrition nature has to...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 2, 2014 | Green
Sam caught Frank and the potato plant in the same mode: looking for sun and spring! ************ The Jersey dairy cows soak in the winter sun. ***************** Pumpkin Pie, our Jersey bull calf, and one of the neighbor’s feral pheasants enjoy wandering the...
