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Debby Flowers
- Feb 28, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jan 31, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
Happy Thanksgiving!
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Finally Feels Like Fall!
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
Spot - A Memorial For A Much Loved Cat
Written by guest blogger Kori Flowers The front deck is so empty now. Spot has moved on to sunnier locales and warmer haylofts, to...
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Debby Flowers
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
A Visit to Ole Lake
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Another Fall Project
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
September Planting
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Hot and Dry
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 -...
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Debby Flowers
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Cat Days of Summer
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
Weather Ups and Downs
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
August begins
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
It's Hot Again!
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Our Summer Vacation
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Mostly A Closer Look At The Pigs
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. ...
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Debby Flowers
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
Pigs Arrive!
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
End of June Updates
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Rain!
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...
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Debby Flowers
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
A Turkey Tale - Chapter 2
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...
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