Wow, it has been a long time since we have posted a farm blog! The last was before Halloween. This edition of the blog is written by...

As the days and weeks passed with no frost and with sunny warm days, Kevin and I experienced a growing sense of unease. Other folks said...

Written by guest blogger Kori Flowers The front deck is so empty now. Spot has moved on to sunnier locales and warmer haylofts, to...

Mild weather continues - we have had some rain and still no frost. Many people are reveling in the warm weather but it just seems wrong...

In the two weeks since our last blog post we have had some truly beautiful weather. We have had no frost yet although we have had a...

In the two weeks since the last post here, we have had some rain, thank goodness, and a cool-down. It was 42 degrees when I got up this...

Oh, we have had a hot uncomfortable week! 90’s day after day until a reprieve on Saturday when it didn't make it up to 70 degrees -...

While not as pretty as a spring or fall sunrise, the view from the milking stand on Sunday morning still made me happy as the sun lit up...

We got a little rain on Saturday and the temp didn't quite make it to seventy degrees; it made for a somewhat chilly and damp farmer's...

The wildfire smoke that covered a large portion of the country at times this week did not miss this little farm! The view from the...

Ole Lake Farm got some much needed rain this week; it came as a thunderstorm and we got close to 1.5 inches. The corn was knocked about...

Both of us were on vacation from our town jobs last week. Kevin was off to scout camp with the troop. They went to the Black Hills - a...

The view from the milking stand was foggy this morning. Kevin is off to camp with the scouts this week and I am "vacationing" at home. ...

Six lively pigs arrived on Wednesday. They were shy at first but are warming up to Kevin already. They know who brings the food! They...

This week’s post was going to be about hay and/or pigs but neither one of those things happened this week so… you get a few bits and...

Truly, the most exciting thing that has occurred this week is that it has finally rained! It may be too late to salvage the oat crop but...

I will begin this post with a turkey poult update. Our last post provided the news that they had hatched and had been moved from their...

Peanut's long and patient wait is over. The poults have hatched! Friday, Peanut was heard making mama noises so we knew the time was...

Memorial Day weekend was pretty much back to "normal" in our part of the world. In town, the American Legion and VFW held the...

The title of this post refers to the wacky weather we have had this week. It had been very dry but we got some good rain this week. ...