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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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The Dishes
Now that Alissa is gone and the woofing is finished I have to do all the dishes by myself! Dammit -I forgot about that. There is quite a bit of blood in Lady Astors milk now – whatever the trauma was to her udder it is beginning to show. I am milking three times a…
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All Hail. All Hay Under Cover.
236 bales of good hay. Beautiful hay actually. Green and dry and smells divine. Airfreshner for the barn. The weather yesterday was cool with a stiff drying breeze. No humidity. Good for the hay and the team gathered to make the hay. I pay the hay man and his sons by the hour so we…
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Today for hay?
The hay is not in yet. We had threats of storms all day long yesterday and it takes a good hour for the hay man to get here in his tractor and I pay him by the hour plus the hay just was not drying anyway. So I was not able to commit. The storms…
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Weather coming in
My beautiful field almost ready to be baled and now there is weather coming in early this afternoon. So I am going to try and get it baled and into the barn before the storms roll in. There are three fields like this. I cannot lose another lot. I think most will be well dry –…
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Once more into the breech
My friends. Once more into the breech… The hay is down and had a good day of sun and a stiff cool breeze. The humidity was low which is the blessing. The rain looks even more serious for Monday night now. But if we miss the scattered shower that day we will get away with…
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