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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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THROW IN THE TOWEL
Again with the daily rain. And these are not gentle summer rains. These are full on furious thunder and lightening storms with torrential downpours of inches at a time.
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MINDS OF THEIR OWN
Yesterday morning a cow and her calf broken out of a neighbors field walked across the road and broke INTO my field. John’s son reported a disturbance over there and when I arrived I was bemused to find I had an extra cow dozing under the trees.
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Poppy is being very relaxed. Which is par for the course at the beginning of the piglet time . Seven little piglets who have shown no interest in their creep at all this time. Hopefully soon. The babies are always feeding and Poppy is just hot and really tired. Plus her nipples hurt! I let…
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