We’ve ant hills on our farm. They’re a vital aspect of biodiversity
Channel: Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
Date: 2020-12-03

Ant hill colonies are a very important element of biodiversity. They feed all kinds of wildlife, like hedgehogs, voles, shrew, mice, badger, birds and even bats when ants do their annual flight and the air fills with flying ants. They also importantly cycle soil minerals from deep down. Ants don’t like ploughs or mowers or slurry or fertilizer. 


Zwartbles Ireland is a small company run from a farm in County Kilkenny in Ireland. We sell, Zwartbles sheep, Zwartbles blankets and yarn made from the sheep, and calendars featuring the Cats Shepherd Bodacious and Inca the World's Smallest Sheepdog.