The Lost Lake Farmer Podcast

Grazing observation 18.05.2022 3:59 ↓

Another observation on grazing behavior and timing of pasture moves.

Priorities 16.05.2022 10:01 ↓

In which I discuss the difficulty of making myself stay inside to make cheese when there are so many urgent outside jobs and the weather is nice.

Maximizing forage intake 15.05.2022 16:03 ↓

In which I discuss the effects of paddock moves on forage intake and milk production.

Early season grazing management 14.05.2022 31:16 ↓

In which I describe my thoughts and strategies as I manage the cows for optimal nutrition, optimal forage growth, and pasture health.

Taming heifers 10.05.2022 16:30 ↓

In which I describe my desired level of tameness and how I go about developing that in my animals.

Transitioning to pasture 09.05.2022 16:43 ↓

In which I describe my process for transitioning the cows onto a full pasture diet over a week or more; plus the start of farmers’ market season.

Working through depression 05.05.2022 12:22 ↓

Making a farm work as I go through a heavy depression week, and thinking ahead to the best way to start the grazing season.

Sharing the farm 01.05.2022 15:56 ↓

Thoughts around visitors to the farm, social media, and involving more people in various ways.

Tweaks 29.04.2022 10:49 ↓

Tweaks to my schedule, tweaks to the pasteurizer, and tweaks to my test cheese recipe.

Test batch 26.04.2022 14:36 ↓

Explorations in raw milk cheese and farm-sourced cultures.

Astrid and Estella 24.04.2022 26:12 ↓

Profile of two most excellent Brown Swiss cows.

Briony 22.04.2022 23:41 ↓

In which I tell the story of our Ayrshire cow Briony.

Pleasant Pastures: A Theme Song 20.04.2022 9:02 ↓

We are hiring, and we have a new theme song from Revolving Parlor!

Keeping up with Spring 16.04.2022 10:47 ↓

New calves, oats, grasses, and legumes going in the ground, and lots of milk to turn into cheese.

Milk! Cheese! Baby animals! 13.04.2022 12:06 ↓

Kind of an update on the goings-on of the farm, plus some thoughts about cheesemaking, cheese types, and creativity as a cheesemaker.

Oats 12.04.2022 15:16 ↓

It’s spring and time to seed oats, grass, and legume mixtures for hay and pasture.

Cheesemaking ingredients and methods 11.04.2022 10:29 ↓

Camembert and Burrnt Oak aging/cheese care, thoughts on a book I am reading, incorporating more traditional methods into my process, and sourcing of ingredients.

Social media fast 10.04.2022 5:59 ↓

Taking a break from all social media and tv for at least a month.

Boundaries 06.04.2022 18:11 ↓

In which I discuss sales, priorities, time management, and how important boundaries are to all those things and keeping ourselves sane.

Parlor training heifers 04.04.2022 12:24 ↓

How I use gradual, low-stress methods to train heifers on how to be milk cows - BEFORE they calve.

Necessary truths: culling 02.04.2022 19:58 ↓

In which I talk through the ethics of culling, the necessity of culling, what it means to me personally, and our process for turning culls into quality grassfed beef.

Mindset shift 29.03.2022 10:40 ↓

How I switched my mindset during milking the last several months, and would like to take that approach to other parts of my life.

Converting a hay rack into a hay feeder 28.03.2022 6:21 ↓

And financial statements sent off finally.

Staying the course on breeding 25.03.2022 24:40 ↓

In which I describe my thought process as I considered adding different cattle breeds to the mix.

Goodbye to bovine friends 23.03.2022 26:22 ↓

In which I attempt to express my grief at bringing animals to slaughter.