Turn out Becky, her lambs & last ewe waiting. They're better off outside
Channel: Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
Date: 2022-03-04

Last few days I have been feeling under the weather. Very lethargic with a dopy head on me. Some have said it could well be covid, others have said there's a dose of something else going around. So could be that. I have taken test and it was negative and will be taking another tomorrow. What ever it is these few sheep will be better off outside if I can't get to them to feed them. Everything has access to hay water or grass at the moment so nothing will starve. Knowing me I shall sneak out to check on everything if I have the strength. There are also lots of friends who will help if necessary. Hopefully I am just very tired and a it of down time shall do me good.



Zwartbles Ireland is a small company run from a farm in County Kilkenny in Ireland. We are a regenerative farm which means restoring soils health and regenerating its natural carbon and nutrient cycle with biodiversity of pasture sward with grasses, legumes, forbs and herbs. This also means we farm with nature. Healthy soils are important for healthy environment. So we encourage all life from the microbial to dung beetles, ants, pollinators to flora biodiversity, birds, hare, hedgehogs, rabbits, fox, badger as well as our livestock. This mean we farm in a style of mob grazing and giving fields long rest times between grazings. We have seen a huge increase and return of wildlife including woodcock and snipe in winter months foraging for dung beetle larvae, red squirrel, wood peckers and pine martens. We also have the rare natter bat and previously thought extinct Tawny Mining bees.
We sell, Zwartbles sheep, Zwartbles blankets and yarn made from the sheep, and calendars featuring Inca the World's Smallest Sheepdog and her coworkers. We also sell alpaca yarn spun for our own alpaca. Our yarns are 100 percent natural, grown by our sheep which grazing our small green Irish fields. This wool is naturally sequestered carbon which you can then knit into warm environmental friendly clothing.