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Nov 23

Carve, Paint, Print: A Lesson in Persistence & Letting Go of Control

When we moved up to Ely in the fall three years ago, we lived in a log cabin way up by the Canadian border. It was a temporary rental and...

Sarah Vogl

Jan 14

Vogl Homestead Update

What a year 2023 was. We got so much accomplished on our home, added to our acreage, and had a lot of fun. There were also many...

Sarah Vogl

Oct 12, 2022

A New Life in Ely

We finally did it! After many years of talking and planning, we moved from South St. Paul to Ely, MN. It's been about 13 months since we...

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- Meet the Vogls -

We're a family of four with acreage and a 1920s lakeside former railroad section house in renovation near Ely, MN. We live near the BWCAW - a one million acre wilderness in Northern Minnesota - just about as far North as you can get!

The Little Forest is a blog where we document living, working, and homesteading in the Northwoods.

Things we write about: nature, art, design, camping, gardening, homesteading, raising kids, Halloween, and Ely Minnesota.

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