Bogrow Farm is a small family run livestock farm near Tain. We raise sheep, cattle and pigs and have We produce lamb and pork on a small low intensity system.
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Upper Bogrow is a small 90 acre farm in Easter Ross, Scotland run by Caroline and Alec Matheson and our two children. We produce delicious cured meats in our on farm butchery.
Look at these fantastic looking platters from The Highland Larder (at Dornoch beach). 👍❤️
Platters done this afternoon🦞
Mixture of local creel caught langoustines lobster and mackerel pate paired with bogrow charcuterie🌟
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Our oldest tree on the farm finally gave up to last nights winds , it’s done well to last this long to be honest !
Another successful move onto a fresh bite using collars took about 15 seconds to build 300 yards of virtual fence x
It’s a hard old life❤️
Weaning time for this lot! At less than 3 months old they are looking great. They are in this pen to learn about electric fences and then will be split into make and female groups in a couple of weeks.
We had convinced ourselves that we were only getting 3 calves this year and that she was just fat! But Alec found this lovely bull calf when he went to feed the pigs! ❤️
Tain Market 19th August
It’s been a busy week topped off by the salami cabinet controller blowing up 💥💨 yesterday just as I was about to put in 160kg of salami. I’ve hopefully managed an old school way to still ferment the salami and not have to chuck it out.
It does mean however I haven’t even started preparing for Tain market tomorrow. So sorry folks we are going to have to give this one a miss.
It is Black Isle Show time already. We will be there with our charcuterie Wednesday and all day Thursday.
‘Nduja is back….
I have a bit of a love hate relationship with nduja- no two batches turn out the same! This one is a good one though and we just delivered a whole heap to Black Isle Berries along with lots of other charcuterie treat.
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Not a day for making hay , so a day making venison burgers it is then ❤️❤️
We will be at the Sutherland Show in Dornoch this weekend. We will be in the food hall with our charcuterie and in the show ring with our highland ponies. So it’s looking like a busy week of slicing, packing and washing!
🤩Main Ring Entertainment🤩
This year we are delighted to welcome Galcantray Clydesdales to the show as our main ring entertainment!
Recently they competed at the World Clydesdale Horse Championships held in Aberdeen and are a regular at the Royal Highland Shows Heavy Horse Section too!
We can’t wait to see and hear the horses on Saturday!
Come along to the show field, The Links Dornoch, this Saturday the 22nd of July to see these and much much more!
It’s stormy afternoon here at the Bogrow. Doesn’t seem to be bothering the pigs though. I think I might catch upon some inside jobs though!
Alec and Ella did some training with the ponies today. In the past Highland Ponies were often used to carry deer off the hill. Some places still use them and it’s good to keep these skills going. Breagha (4) was a little bit unsure but was soon came round to it. Eilidh (9) took it all in her stride.
We are delighted to be supplying our charcuterie to Tain’s newest cafe - Cafe 11.
Whilst we’ve been down at Scone the last two sows farrowed. So that’s summer ‘23 farrowing complete. If only lambing was so easy!
Day 3 of the GWCT Scottish Game Fair and the sun is shining.👍
We have four Gloucestershire Old Spot sows. They live outside all year round and also give birth in their pig arks (usually). Sometimes they like to be alfresco! We used to fret and try and get them into the shed but they really weren’t keen so now we just leave them to do what they know is best. In the last week two have a given birth to around 20 piglets between them.
We are getting ready to head to the GWCT Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace this weekend. We will have our range of venison, pork and beef charcuterie with us in the food hall. In such a lovely setting it’s a great day out for all the family. Hope to see you there!
The GWCT Scottish Game Fair is on this weekend! 30th June - 2nd July! 🎪
There is so much to do and see at the fair. We can't wait to welcome everyone!
Are you coming along? 👀
To find out more and to book tickets, follow the link https://ow.ly/b99P50OUXg7
We didn’t make to the RHS this year but we’re delighted to have some of our charcuterie included the hamper presented to Princess Anne by Scottish Agritourism.
As well as in the usual places you can find as at a few events over the summer:
⭐️ 30th June - 2nd June Scottish Game Fair, Scone
⭐️ 15th July - Tain Community Market
⭐️ 22nd July - Sutherland Show, Dornoch
⭐️ 3rd August - Black Isle Show
Unfortunately we won’t be at Tain Community market tomorrow but will be there next time.
Sunshine on Dornoch beach while the storm raged at home.
We are looking forward to Taste of Grampian today. We will be just behind the main stage.
⭐️. PORK ⭐️
Most of our charcuterie is either made entirely from pork or contains some pork. So it’s important to us to use only the best quality pork available to us. That means raising our own so we know exactly how they’ve lived and what they’ve eaten.
🐖We keep a herd of pedigree Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs.
🐖They all live outside 99% of the time only going into a shed for a short time at weaning or if we have concerns about their health due to illness or weather conditions.
🐖So far we have found pigs to be very healthy animals and we rarely need to give them any antibiotics or wormers.
🐖Living outside on pasture means the pigs can get plenty of exercise, fresh air and dig and root for roots and insects as much as they like.
It costs twice as much to produce as indoor intensively reared pork but we think it’s worth it.❤️
Great to see this collaboration with Ardgay Game.
Venison is so versatile and should be more widely eaten. We use it instead of beef in our mince and tatties, lasagne, bolognese etc.
We are delighted to announce our partnership with distinguished Scottish wild venison and game supplier Ardgay Game. In our efforts to expand our work across Scotland, Ardgay Game have donated 300kg of minced venison to be turned in 2,400 meals to be donated in the locality of the Highlands.
To sustain this important endeavour, we are actively seeking additional donations and deer carcasses, which will be processed free of charge at the Ardgay Game site in Bonar Bridge. Meals created from the donated deer in the Highlands will be returned to benefit local communities, fostering a self-sustaining cycle of support.
Find out more - https://bit.ly/3MTBJKD
Less than 2 weeks to go until we go on our road trip to Aberdeen. Taste of Grampian is a great event with a huge range of food and drink producers.
⭐️Tain Pop up shop Saturday 27th May⭐️
We will be joining White Cottage Baking Bothy and Cullisse Highland Rapeseed Oil at the pop up shop in Tain this Saturday 27th May. 9-1.
12 Tower Street just along from Bank of Scotland.
We will have bacon and our charcuterie.
I’ve always enjoyed listening to the birdsong on my morning dog walk but never really knew which birds I was listening too. So I was delighted to find out you can download an app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology that listens to the bird song and works it all out for you. (Thank you Joyce Campbell )
In one short walk it identified 19 different birds. One sound I had always thought was an insect turned out to be a bird - the Commuom Grasshopper Warbler!
Here’s one of the recordings.
It’s market day in Tain. We will be there with bacon and charcuterie.
Join us in the Rose Garden on Saturday, lots of goodies to be had 😁😋😍
Day 12 of Scottish Agritourism month and it’s follow Friday!
Two of our favourite farm shops not far from us are:
Farm Ness is farm shop selling their own meat and flowers from the farm and farm play experience just outside of Inverness
Black Isle Berries another fantastic farm
shop selling local produce and their own fruit and ice creams. In season you can also pick your own fruit.
If you are looking for somewhere to stay in Easter Ross there is The Mill at Fearn Farm with on farm self catering for up to 14 or Castlecraig Farm with their luxury pods with stunning view over the sea.
Into the cave they go x
Another batch of salami nearing harvest time ❤️
We were thrilled to be included in this fantastic mural at Platform 1864 created by Ingebjorg Smith and showcasing their local suppliers. 👍⭐️
Day 3 of month calls for our favourite view from the farm. It is so easy to stop appreciating where we live when we get caught up in our busy lives. So here are some pictures of the views we enjoy here at Bogrow Farm.
We look over towards Beinn Tharsuin from the house and at the North end of the farm we can see towards Ben Klibreck.
It's month and it's time to to visit Scotland's farms and crofts for food, drink, great days out or for a farmstay!
Hello from Bogrow Farm a small livestock farm near Tain, north of Inverness. We raise free range Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs, Luing Cattle and a small flock of sheep.
We have an on farm butchery where we make small batch charcuterie from our pork, beef and wild local venison.
For the next month there will be loads of information on farmers and crofters the length and breadth of Scotland showcasing their businesses!
Congratulations to the Walrus & Corkscrew Inverness for being included as a local gem in the fantastic Good Food Guide. 👍
The Walrus & Corkscrew | Good Food Guide Restaurant Review
Tain Community Market - Saturday 15th April
We will be back in Tain for the first market of the year this weekend.
We will have:
Beef burgers
Beef sausages
Beef steak
Bacon
Salami
Air dried ham
We dropped off lots of charcuterie supplies at Black Isle Berries this week including:
🥓Bacon
🍔Luing Beef Burgers - classic, Cajun and Jalapeño & Chilli
⭐️Snacking salami
👍’nduja
🤞Air dried ham
When the kids are looking after the pet lamb! ❤️
First market of 2022!
This weekend we will be at Tain Community market from 10am. We are looking forward to catching up with our customers once again!👍
Upper Bogrow
Tain
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