Caution, zombies (and pigs) ahead A pig built the nest of her dreams Here at BOTL Farm, we had so much we wanted to talk about this month that we politely argued about which topics would make it into this newsletter for days. Options ... Chickens Comercial kitchen Pasture Pigs hot dog mud season paddock piglets
Our shortest newsletter yet Babies! Here at BOTL Farm, we don’t have kids (we’re not talking in farmer jargon for baby goats, we mean actual human children). Over the years people have assured us that we would regret not having ... Farm Store Pigs Soppressata
Leaky tractors and swashbuckling swales More chops on the way Here at BOTL Farm, we love pork chops more than most people. By that we don’t mean that most people don’t like pork chops as much as us -- we literally mean that if we had to cho... Ask A Farmer Anything Climate Change Pigs Silvopasture Swales Tractor
What even is a pig umwelt? The mind of a pig Here at BOTL Farm, we don’t typically allow visitors on our farm. Not because we’re trying to hide unsavory practices or don’t want people to see where their meat comes from, but bec... NCO Pigs sausage
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
Pig math & wool pellets Wool pellets: our latest nose-to-tail idea Here at BOTL Farm, we have a delightfully strong commitment to using all the bits of the animals we raise, even the weird bits (who remembers testicle jerky?... Farm Hack Pigs Sheep chicken feed farming mentor grazing slaughterhouse
BOTL Farm re-learns F The Great Escaper Pig is here to stay Here at BOTL Farm, we breed and birth the pigs we sell. I mean, we don’t personally birth them, but we maintain breeding sows (farmer jargon for pig-moms). As our... Pigs chicken feed grants
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
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
Market season has begun and other stories about grass Dude, is that your grass? Here at BOTL Farm, we post pictures on social media of our farm that are relatively real-time and not AI-generated. Earlier this month we were at Tree House Brewery/Orchard i... Pigs Soppressata grazing livestock feed sausage