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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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  • THE NEW KID

    THE NEW KID

    Meet Camera Houses’s new friend. An early Christmas and birthday gift all rolled into one from Our John and his mother, The Matriarch.  This is a Fujifilm X30. And marvellous. And no it is not my birthday or Christmas.  

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  • BLOWN AWAY

    BLOWN AWAY

    The wind is howling outside. It howled all yesterday too by the afternoon it was gale force and is holding. 

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  • MOONING

    MOONING

    Monday Morning. Hog delivery day. 

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  • WILDCARD GARDEN

    WILDCARD GARDEN

    By the end of Autumn John usually has the glass house planted and producing but this year there have been interruptions to some of the familial rhythms.  So I decided to take the bull by the horns and plant a wild card garden. 

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  • ALEX AND HER DAUGHTER

    ALEX AND HER DAUGHTER

    ALEX and her daughter go to their new home on the 10th of this month.  December already! In fact December 2nd. I am away on my travels in 15 sleeps. FIFTEEN!

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  • FLIP SIDE

    FLIP SIDE

    TIMA and Tane were so fascinated by the calf getting his little horns removed that they lined up like kids at a movie watching under the door.

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