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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
My farms are organic and regenerative and full of stories. I have been writing here about environmentally sustainable farming and food and travel since 2011.
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SITTING PIG
Once the little pigs are big enough to drink from their mother while she is standing up they start to put on weight quick smart. No need to talk her into lying down so they can have a feed, they just wait until she is having a feed herself or standing quietly minding her own…
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DUCK WEATHER
It rained all day yesterday. Real wet soaking rain. So the ducks and I practiced all day going in and out of their new home.
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LITTLE PIGS LOVE WATERMELON
My local store gives me all their left over out of date vegetables. Also they make fruit and vegetable platters for parties so at this time of year they have lots of left over watermelon and melon rinds. The pigs LOVE watermelon. While molly was distracted with her pile of potatoes, tomatoes and melon rinds…
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HOPEFUL SPROUTS
As I work even harder to feed my animals without buying feed in plastic bags the sprouting gets more and more important. As we know plastic is not going anywhere but into the piles and landfills in our respective countries. It is quite simply piling up. Landfill is stupid word. What happened to rubbish dump…
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AUNTY DEL AND TIA
Both passed the pregnancy test! Not only were they perfectly behaved for the vet but he pronounced them both pregnant – no need for blood tests to confirm.
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