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...
Zwartbles Ireland Blankets @London Design Festival 2013

Zwartbles Ireland Blankets @London Design Festival 2013

We’ve been selling our Zwartbles wool Blankets for 8 weeks and now they’re going to The London Design Festival September 14 – 22 2013 to help represent some of Ireland’s own designs!! An idea hatched in a kitchen warmed by an Aga during long...
I Bite The Bullet Today Vaccinating For the SBV Virus

I Bite The Bullet Today Vaccinating For the SBV Virus

Today I bite the bullet and injected my flock of ewes with the SBV vaccine which is “Vaccinating for Schmallenberg Virus”. The  Schmallenberg Virus is a very resent new virus which is spread by midge bites with an end result of very deformed lambs. This...
Zwartbles LOVE Apples

Zwartbles LOVE Apples

The early ripening apples are falling out of the trees at the moment, but Bodacious finds it a real chore to help fill the buckets. To us humans they are a mealy or woolly tasting fruit. But the sheep LOVE the apples!! So they have their Christmas early when we bring...

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