Lies by omission and other stories about potatoes Sheep potatoes? Here at BOTL Farm, we don’t mind a good thought experiment now and again. So, let’s all imagine that we’re potato farmers, perhaps in Ireland in 1845. It’s been a lean winter, you’re h... Farm Store Goats Sheep bacon hay piglets
Animal dumps and cute piglets PSA: don’t dump animals you find on the road at a farm Here at BOTL Farm, we run a pretty tight ship around biosecurity. Some might say we’re a little fussy, others say “what is biosecurity?” Cheers. ... Chickens Pigs livestock feed piglets
New goatlets, piglets, and puppylets Babieeees Here at BOTL Farm, we raise goats for the cute pics. Oops, we mean for meat. Mostly for meat. Anyways, our enterprising herd of goats has started kidding (farmer jargon, not for telling joke... Dogs Eggs Farm dog Goats Pigs babies piglets slaughterhouse
Piglet paternity ‘drama’ & more A paternity mystery Here at BOTL Farm, we’ve experimented with different pig breeds and breed crosses to arrive at our ideal mix: Mangalitsa, Large Black, and Berkshire. This mix is cold-tolerant, hea... Goats Pigs lamb piglets
Moms, meats, and monsters Piglets are the way of the world Here at BOTL Farm, we sell things like bacon. Lots of people buy bacon and so we must make more bacon. Good news, one of our sows (pig-moms) farrowed (gave birth to pi... Chickens Pigs bologna piglets
Fencing pigs is hard and 53,341 hot dogs Remember last month when we said we were good at fencing pigs? Here at BOTL Farm, we sometimes like to think we have things figured out and then our animals do something truly terrifying/mystifying an... Fence Pork Tenderloin fencing offal piglets
Labels, lip balm, Boston market, and more Ancestral paddocks Here at BOTL Farm, we run a birth-to-slaughter operation. That means that the animals we raise for meat are born on our farm, live their whole lives on our farm, and only leave once... Farm Store Pasture Pigs food labels grazing lip balm piglets
Tiny eggs and tiny piglets Pastured pigs do what they want Here at BOTL Farm, we don’t have a boar (breeding male pig) because we don’t want a boar. Boars are big, stinky, and potentially aggressive to humans, especially during... Animal Welfair Approved Eggs Farm dog babies piglets slaughterhouse
Raising pigs all year round and details on our custom livestock feed Out with the old, in with the new Here at BOTL Farm, we sometimes get jealous when we see our farmer friends celebrating the end of their growing season. They tell us about their upcoming winter vacay... Pigs babies livestock feed piglets
Hooray, it's grazing season again Grazing season is here! As the world spins and wobbles on its axis, it produces fun things like tidal forces and changing seasons. As the northeast US hurtles its way towards the summer solstice, the ... Goats Pasture Pigs Sheep grazing piglets