Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
Suzanna Crampton a blanket designing, photographing, videoing, writing, public speaking shepherd. She is also a published author, 'Bodacious the Shepherd Cat" translated into German 'Ein Schafer auf vier Pfoten', Italian 'Bodacious - Il gatto pastore', French 'Profession : chat de berger', and Japanese '羊飼い猫の日記 アイルランドの四季と暮らし'. A regenerative farmer, farming with nature, interested in soil health, dung beetles, helping people learn about were their food comes from. Zwartbles are a breed of sheep originally from Holland. Wool for felting, spinning and weaving. Very milky so makes great cheese and yogurt. The meat lean & delicious.
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Peaceful views, a walk into the woods, rain that glitters & bumblebees
Cat Ovenmitt helps oversee as I do last jobs before my neck procedure.
Rain falls as I tie up tomatoes in the vine house with my canine crew
Some sights & sounds of farm life. Dogs, cats, sheep & alpaca
Flock fed, horses moved, watched a bumblebee & a tiny spider’s nest
Alpaca BlackBird was missing when I brought flock in. She was fence stuck
Dogs & I go into woods to plant a baby holly tree, joined by cat Mustard
We’ve 3 different wildflower areas native, planted mixed & dry from seed
Ewe & lamb flock moved into fresh pasture, swallows follow & feed
A red sun, moved sheep, checked lambs, bird song, planted tomatoes
I rescued a chilled bumblebee & brought her to a breakfast flower
Planted up tomatoes & used Ollas for the first time. Cats enjoy catmint
A red sun at dawn, dogs at play, horses, garden, woods, lambs & Ovenmitt
I quietly stroll amongst ewes & lambs. Plant wild garlic in woodland
Moving day, I merged 2 flocks into one & brought them to great oak field
Dealt with a rotten tree that had to come down. Field & garden walks.
After the rain everything feels refreshed. I found a caterpillar nest
A walk through garden, fields & woods as a distant thunderstorm rumbles
A glorious sunrise & Bird cherry ermine moth caterpillars are back
A fresh set of twins, lambs frolic in fields & collecting Elm tree seeds
Flocks moved fields, a few garden delights & woodland views
We’d our first outdoor painting workshop & those who attended enjoyed it
Ewes & lambs move to fresh pasture, a walk through the garden & dawn
Moved lambs & ewes, spectacular sunrise & Ovenmitt helped woodland work
A Plein air experience here on our farm painting the landscape
Beautiful weather, lambs growing fast & huge puppy plays with tiny Java
Our days started in rain which ewes & lambs didn’t like. Later sun shone
Walked through woods during dawn’s gloaming & lots of lovely lambs
A dawn woodland walk. Kestrel lambs twins. Ewes & lambs move to orchard
A wet day & when planting a tree I found loads of buried rubbish