Establish a Perimeter! Greetings, fellow livestock enthusiast. You may recall that just a few short months ago, our heroes of BOTL Farm ran a long and difficult campaign trail to seek election to the highest office in an 18... Rabbits fencing
Baby it’s cold outside… Greetings my fellow classic Christmas song enthusiasts! Today we’re going to explore another oft-overlooked aspect of farming – winter living in an 1820’s farmhouse. We’ll also touch on the roles of ... Cold Farm House
Sign Building Greetings fellow small farm enthusiast. Bootstrapping a small rural farm presents many challenges, such as building a sign and a farm stand. We can learn from the authors of the Unix grep command that... Wood Working
Top 10 things about eggs that your farmer doesn’t want you to know 1) No lemurs were used in the production of your eggs. It is commonly known, that lemurs are excellent wood workers, but they don’t lay eggs. It is important to recognize what each of your employees ... Chickens Corn Free Eggs Pasture Soy Free
Meet Puppee, one of BOTL Farm’s latest animal additions! We played a rousing game of “name that dog” when our pup arrived. With her dark fur we strongly considered a name like “Midnight” or “Hello-Darkness-My-Old-Friend”. With her lab heritage, we considere... Dogs Pup
The rise of the machines Good day, faithful followers of the bountiful BOTL. It has been 6 months since we last spoke, and for this we offer our deepest apologies. The past 6 months have not been lacking in development, so t... Tractor
Big changes, Big Brown, and big dreams Welcome dear reader, for another adventure in BOTL Farming. Let’s jump quickly into today’s agenda: 1) Contractors 2) Jobs 3) Why we are still buying pork but not selling it yet Before we get to that ... Bees Dogs Rabbits
Blogtoberfest & new honey Hello everyone who is a reader of this post that is written, Today is the fest of October. Aka Oktober. Aka the Oktoberfest. Many people are not aware that Oktoberfest is actually celebrated in a midd... Honey fencing water
BOTL Farm moves in to the farm Greetings dear reader, from sunny Connecticut. Today is September, which marks nearly the end of summer. That reminds me, I should buy a snow shovel. In our last edition of the BOTL Farm blog periodic...
BOTL Farm buys the farm Hello dear reader! Today is the fourth of July, the day when our great nation celebrates its independence. Not from aliens, not from the box elder, and certainly not from the scourge of designer pick-... Pigs busines plan
Sous vide oven roasted pork recipe The New Year has rung! It is officially 2016, and the BOTL Farm was ringing in the new year with our standard practice of eating, and a small amount of drinking. This year, we invented a new recipe fo... Pork
Baby Rabbits!! So these past few weeks have been fun watching the new additions to the farm. All 3 mothers gave birth last week. Two of them were in the same nesting box right next to each other. Bunz went first wit... Rabbits