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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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On the verandah
Sitting on the verandah – with coffee in the morning – shucking the speckled corn so it can dry just a little further before we grind it into flour. This is one of the Indian corns an old heirloom corn, so I will be saving plenty of seeds too. It grew deep in my vegetable…
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Kids and Farms
No headache THIS morning! But yesterday felt LONG! Then we were up talking late last night. Planning more food and more holidays. We were focusing in on this corn for a good shot when the Boo Shark could resist no longer and rose up and stole it. My fourth son had the camera yesterday. Nothing…
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On the way
My visitors are in the air and on the way here. So I may be in tomorrow morning – I may not. I may have a headache or be too excited to sleep and am up early talking to you or still talking to them. Who knows. One thing I know is that I had…
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The gangs all here
Aunty Del has come back to the home paddocks. She very happily leapt up into the stock trailer and I drove her over from the West Farm. I missed her. She brought Lady Astor’s bobby with her. She spent quite a bit of time leaning over the fence watching Wai the litte rescue potbelly waddle…
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So cool
This morning it is 54F (12C). Not cold in wintery terms but downright chilly in the language of a midwest summer. All the animals are more than happy about it though. Except the wee chicks. It is very good for the meat chickens who are nearing their butchering weight. The compost is almost completely combined…
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