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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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LATEST POSTS


  • THE DUCKS

    The ducks are responding really well to their permanent quarters. Living in close proximity to the other birds and pigs has made all the difference. Not to mention me dragging my hoses through here twice a day.

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  • SLUGGISH

    SLUGGISH

    The humidity is getting into my brain and turning it to mush. 

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  • YOUR INDEPENDENCE

    YOUR INDEPENDENCE

    What are you doing with your independence? Are you using it well?

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  • SOMETHING WILD AND NEW

    SOMETHING WILD AND NEW

    ONE DROP MEADOW. My son the film maker has quit his day job, and following his dream, has begun a series of UTubes about the transformation of his Wellington, New Zealand garden from jungle to paradise. One Drop Meadow.

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  • JUST LOOK

    JUST LOOK

    Yesterday was an ordinary day in that people arrived, people left, a few stayed, ducks pushed their boundaries, Molly  came home,  it rained, plans changed, morphed, reorganized themselves – an ordinary day. But the images I  collected for you in the last of the light on that very busy day feel a little touched my…

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  • GOOD MORNING

    GOOD MORNING

    I wonder – does good morning mean it IS a good morning or I wish a good morning for you. 

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