user avatar
Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
@ZwartblesIE
Blanket designer shepherd #Zwartbles RegeneratesSoil @WSheepdog Author #BodacioustheShepherdCat @1catshepherd patreon.com/SuzannaCrampton since 2011
Ireland
zwartblesireland.com/shop/
Joined May 2011
10.6K
Following
29K
Followers
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Apr 27, 2023
    Here is a lovely film funded by @circulareconomy It shows a snapshot of what I do here on our farm. To farm with nature,means I manage land/environment&practice agroecological regenerative farming for healthy soil biome. #LoveWool #LoveSoil #Agroecology youtu.be/zvd9gSaW4go
    185K
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Nov 4, 2017
    Inca having another mushroom moment
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Mar 30, 2022
    My sister forgot to take down her Christmas wreath. Now she can’t
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Apr 26, 2025
    Our beautiful free standing espalier, a brambley cooker apple, is blooming. Planted by my great grandfather. It’s considered by some to be one of the oldest free standing espalier apple trees in Ireland.
    00:00
    57K
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Feb 2, 2016
    The Peaceable Kingdom #farmlife
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Aug 31, 2019
    This sweater my Ma gave me yesterday. It was knitted in 1920s or early 1930s. I shall be the fourth generation of my family to have worn it. Knitted by a friend for my great grandmother, handed down to my grandmother then passed on to my mother & now finally to me. #LoveWool
    00:00
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Jun 4, 2021
    Miss Marley also known as bowl cat died in my arms last night. She was the kindest, softest, most beautiful cat I have ever had the pleasure of accompanying through life. She was an adult when she arrived on the farm, her owner emigrated to Australia. A threaded tribute
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Apr 10, 2020
    An Easter parade- lambs with bells on
    00:00
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Mar 15, 2019
    They’re quite calm about everything. Lambs roam around freely in their shopping bag transporters
    00:00
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    May 7, 2021
    Oh bugger! Why oh why am I so soft hearted! I should’ve said nooo😫 Twas an old woman’s last friend. Sadly she’s died & left her friend behind. If I’d said no, this sweetness was off to the nacker man’s yard. Her feet are in an appalling state poor thing&her manes been hacked
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Jun 7, 2020
    Sad news to report. Willow died during the night. She was a very sweet ewe who always looked for back scratches. She was was a naturally amenable sheep, not bottle reared. She was not young about 9/10 years old which is a good age for this breed of sheep.
    user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Mar 1, 2019
    Pippy checks on me while Willow comes over for a scratch as I sit & wait sheltered from rain with ewes in shed
    00:00
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Feb 20, 2019
    Sadly I must report that the small premature lamb Glimmer didn’t make it. Obviously parts of her insides weren’t fully developed to deal with real life outside the womb. We did everything possible but I did say at best 25% chance she would live. Though short she had a cozy life.
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Apr 29, 2019
    For those who followed my thread colic yesterday. MarcoPolo is doing much better
    00:00
  • user avatar
    Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton
    @ZwartblesIE
    Jul 2, 2020
    I sat down to talk to @Greensideupveg when my whole pack moved in to sit on, next to & above me on the window ledge. It was rather glorious to be piled on by all the dogs. Thank you Dee for taking the photos of this canine loving event