The Verge writes about My Vines

The Verge writes about My Vines

I have been making these 6 second looping vines for a while now which mostly appear on my twitter account @zwartblesie . The online magazine  The Verge took a fancy to them and wrote a lovely piece. You can read about it here “The...
How a Shepherd Approaches Sheep

How a Shepherd Approaches Sheep

The cat shepherd, Bodacious aka Mr. B, has kindly demonstrated how you approach sheep without disturbing them by using body language. We have chosen sheep that were lying down as this way you can see they are the same sheep with little change in them as we walk around...
The Year of the Horse: Happy Chinese New Year

The Year of the Horse: Happy Chinese New Year

It is now the beginning of the Chinese New Year; the year of the Green Wooden Horse. What better way to start this new year than with images of the birth of a new horse into this world. To celebrate the year to come I have decided to share with you the images I took...
Don’t Forget the Rams

Don’t Forget the Rams

This is the time of year that as a shepherd your feeding pregnant ewes, thinking about getting ready for the long sleepless nights and rush of lambing. The poor rams often get forgotten about, their work has been done and all or most of your ewes are carrying their...
Why Alpaca? To Help Protect Sheep from Dog Attack!

Why Alpaca? To Help Protect Sheep from Dog Attack!

Dogs straying into sheep fields can do untold harm and stress to sheep. We have had a series of incidents over the years of dogs killing sheep in the area which I farm. Only last year within a 2 mile radius of our farm 3 different flocks had sheep killed by...

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