Orchard flock of ewes return enthusiastically for some fresh pulled hay

Soon the flocks shall merge in one of our fields of fresh grass. For now they are getting hay and enjoying the freshest hay from middle of ring feeder. Cat Ovenmitt arrives to over see flock

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.

For m spreading the uh Central donut what are you guys doing in there all gathering around one of the many piles I’ve laid Out yeah ladies very soon you’ll be moving onto fresh grass very soon Sheep’s like what are they interested in eating maybe I should be interested in eating it yeah okay I’m going to do a bit more of this and then go in for the evening excuse me this is their place don’t talk to them like that you’re being good it’s your children that are being

Bold the light is fading I’ve spread out some of the hay the middle hay in and around under these apple trees so the girls are all sharing it she’s going around inspecting all the other little piles just in case there’s a better one and the old girl stays you’re no fool are

You okay now it really is night night I’m off for my supper not right pups what you do doing Inca you disgusting dog you disgusting dog pups come on where’s Java Java come on pup I don’t know where Java is Java huh Java is gone disappeared was here

Earlier oh bear and brindle are gone as well oh there you are I see you’ve got a cat that’s what you’re doing is playing with the cat kitty how are you you beautiful kitty yeah it’s your cat one of your cats you beautiful kitty up it yes yeah yeah yeah

Yeah come on let’s go in come on pups