Topping thistle patches is an annual occurrence, just before they bloom
Channel: Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
Date: 2021-07-16

Inca & Maya are my stalwart copilots when topping occurs. There are loads of thistles in our hedgerows. So I’m not eliminating them from the farm. Forgeable diversity in the fields is what’s needed. 




Zwartbles Ireland is a small company run from a farm in County Kilkenny in Ireland. We are a regenerative farm so we farm with nature. Healthy soils are important for health environment. So we encourage all life from the microbial to dung beetles, pollinators to flora biodiversity, birds, rabbits, fox, badger as well as our livestock.
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