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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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AND THEN IT RAINED
In the afternoon yesterday I had 152 bales of good hay on the hay racks. Our John is working right up in Chicago these days and is always late home. For the first time in ages I was going to have to load the hay alone.
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LEAF TREES
There is thunder sounding off in the distance this morning. Let’s hope the rain does not come until this afternoon. My hay is so, so close to being dry.
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EIGHT PIGLETS
Molly has had eight piglets. All alive and well and eating and sleeping like little piglets.
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IN OLD EN ZED
Things are coming along nicely. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to be able to travel to my family. And how lucky I am to have a family to travel to.
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