The woods and wood cutting

Goat Kids and Piglets Too!

I will open this post with a picture of Poppy's kids, buckling on the left, Vinca on the right. Our last post was all about the...

Feeding the Beast and a Doe Update

With February waning, hopefully spring is not far off. We have had a wide range of temperatures this month - a week of above freezing...

Frosty January, Woodwork, Corn and Goats

Oh January in Minnesota - love it or not, we have to deal with it! Warning here - there will be a photo towards the end of this post with...

January Woodwork, Chicken and Goat Update

The main story around here is still snow. The picture above is the deep snow in the back yard of The North House. Rollie feeds the birds...

Spring Things

I've heard more than one person say that since spring got off to a late start this year, we might just jump right in to summer. I hope...

Doe Update

The view from the milking stand is still pretty snowy but it's going fast! I only have a couple of doe photos for this post - when we...

Snowy February

For a short month, this February has seemed like a long one in some ways. Mainly it's been the cold - we are so over having below zero...

The Power of Kitty Treats

Welcome to the Ole Lake Farm blog - we are glad you stopped by! If you viewed our last post from January 1, you know we have two new shop...

Happy New Year - Welcome 2022

Happy New Year! I will begin this post with a view from the milking stand: Beautiful and COLD! As you can see, we've had a fair bit of...