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Chloe Thompson
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PhD student interested in land use, environment, & decision making 🐏 Fleece flock sheep farmer in Mid Wales. She/her.

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We've had a lot of snow here on the farm in Wales overnight courtesy of Storm Goretti. The sheep have had their food and access to in field shelters or the barns. As hardy native breeds they're pretty sensible in bad weather, but the shelter gives us a bit more peace of mind!

#ukweather
A group of Boreray sheep standing in snow under an oak tree A small boreray sheep ram walking through snow up to his belly A view over snow covered hills in midwales, with bare trees and small patches of woodland and clouds skies
January 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Lots of snow here in our little corner of Mid Wales today - the sheep are keeping cosy with their fleeces
#uksnow #wales
A field of sheep in the snow, with a wintery oak tree and the sun just visible through falling snow a herdwick sheep standing in the falling snow four hebridean sheep standing in the falling snow, in front of an old hedgerow of trees a view over rolling hills covered in snow, with some forestry
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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It's tree week here in the UK this week, and I've been thinking about how trees fit here on the farm with us. I'll be spending my day outside planting some willow, alder, and crab apple in the fields on the farm.
A Hebridean sheep stands in green oak woods. Text reads "it's tree week!"
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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I spent a few days at Groundswell the other week (with both PhD and farming hats on), mostly listening and talking about trees! I have written a little about what I got out of it on the farm blog :)

#regenerativefarming #Groundswell2025

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Groundswell 2025
I spent a few days earlier in the week at Groundswell, a regenerative agriculture festival.
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July 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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It's Earth Day today! I've written a little bit on the farm blog about what that means for me.

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Earth Day 2025
I’ve been thinking carefully about what to write for this. Whilst I help Mum on the farm, in my day job I’m an environmental social scientist. In many ways, the climate crisis is a constant in my d…
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April 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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A lovely Welsh Mountain ewe I met near the summit of Tarrenhendre is British Wools sheep of the week over on instagram - so I thought she'd earnt a spot here too. #sheep #defaid
A white sheep, a Welsh Mountain ewe, stands amongst heather with the Cadair mountain range in the background
April 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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As winter continues we've been busy doing our best to prevent foot rot in the sheep. I've written a little about what we've been doing and why here: sweetpeasandsheep.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/s...
Sheep hoof health
Staying on top of problems with sheep hooves on the farm has been hard work, but having learnt from experiences with footrot and CODD our current routine is working well.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM