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The Relaxed Farming Sheep: Why keep sheep...
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Why keep sheep
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How to look after us
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Our offspring
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Relaxed FarmingWhy keep sheep... (as answered by Mrs White). Sheep and smallholdings go together like... chips and tomato ketchup, kids and their mobile phones, lamb and mint sauce (whoops, should I have said that?). And why? Smallholdings have grass and we LOVE grass.

  • Grass is good for us: and we are good for the grass. We really are quite happy to sit and munch grass all day, every day! This is perfect for two reasons: one because it means no-one has to spend time mowing and two because our poo and wee puts back a lot of the nutrients that grass needs to grow. In other words, we fertilise the land as we go!!

    We do like a bit of a change and it is also good to let the grass rest from time to time so our 'two' fields or paddocks are fab so we can alternate between one and the other.

  • We keep things tidy and help prevent erosion: Read more

  • Spring lamb is one of your favourite meats: Read more

  • Every year we produce a fabulous wooly fleece: Read more

  • We don't need much additional feeding: Read more

  • We are easy to handle: Read more

  • We also make great pets: Read more

 It really is noses down...
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We do like a bit of clover in the grass
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