​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 excels at, and set them up for success. 2) Most chicken feed has corn and soy.  Any rich hipster, […]

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 considered a standard name like “Lady” or maybe “Fluffy”.  After consulting the magic eight ball and extended horoscopes, we thought briefly that we should

​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 today let’s focus our discussion on a specific topic.  Let’s talk about the fields, the harvest, but most importantly…

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 agenda, let’s begin with an agenda.  Today is January, the day after inauguration.  Let us not take a

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 middle European country named Germany in September.  The name Oktoberfest is derived from the month after September, which is when

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 periodical, we mentioned that BOTL Farm had purchased a farm. This was not entirely super accurate, as we were actually deeply

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-up trucks but instead from England.  Like all of the skilled investors of the world, here at BOTL Farm we’ve been

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 for delicious sous vide roasted pork that we will share with you now.  Let’s get started.  You

11 kits from Bunz and Glamour 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 with 7 kits and Glamour birthed 4. They give birth

We have finalized our labeling! Our next batch of honey is bottled, labeled and ready for sale. The 16 oz specialty bottle with dipper is a great holiday gift, Order early as there is limited supply of these dippers.  ​ Bunz eating sunflower seeds from my hand The rabbits made another move to new pasture. This