It’s lambing season around my garden. Honestly, I’m not very fond of sheep, but they do make nice pictures sometimes. Here are some pictures Steph took the same day as the pictures from the last couple of posts.
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Great pictures.
Glad you like them. Usually the sheep are pretty shy and just run off any time I get anywhere near them. But today for some reason, they were being calm and photogenic.
Hi! Just came across you and was surprised (and delighted) to see that you’re in Holland too! I just started gardening on a volkstuin in Amstelveen. Looking forward to reading more of your blog!
Hi Ash!
Thanks for the comment. Your blog looks great! I’m looking forward to reading it. It’s nice to know someone so close by.
They all look happy and healthy! What breed?
That’s a good question Cyndy! These are just the standard boring Dutch raised everywhere breed. I don’t know what it’s called. They are very boring and dumb.
I saw your comment for Rebsie’s post on Root Cause, and I was going to say something there. There are some interesting breeds of sheep around. There were some in a nearby field last year, but I didn’t take a picture of them. They were much friendlier and smarter than normal sheep. If I see them again this year, I’ll make sure I get a picture of them. I also know the farmer who was tending them, so I’ll ask him about them the next time I see him.
There is a local artist who makes things from the wool of Drenthe Heath sheep she raises herself, and has had some of her work shown in the Moss gallery in NYC. Her name is Claudy Jongstra, and you can find some stuff about her on the Internet.
I hope I have some time to hunt down some local rare breed livestock this year and do some posts on them.
Here is a picture of the kind of sheep Caudy Jongstra uses:
http://www.drentsheideschaap.nl/
Thank you for the great information Patrick,
I enjoy learning abut the rare breeds, even better when they are “local”. Kudoo’s to Claudy Jongstra for keeping them going!