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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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How good is your water
For the last few weeks our well water has been really bad. I don’t know why. It tastes awful. It has black residue in it that clogs the filters straight away the black particles can be clearly seen in the bath and stuck to the porcelain. We live above an ancient swamp where there is a lot…
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Potty Training Piglets
Yes. You do have to train them you know. Or they will nominate a corner inside and GO right there in the house. Especially on a windy rainy day like today. Pigs will do what is easiest and they don’t mind the smell. I have to say that Pig babies are easier to train than…
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I hope the sun comes out
Boo is still on bed-rest and doing it hard. He is allowed short forays with me on a leash, and spends time on the chain by the barn where he can watch. Mostly I have to leave him inside when I go out to work so he does not run loose at all and John…
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Moving Day
Yesterday I strung up the Plonkers new field. Then shifted the Solar Panel and earth rod and electrified it. Then took down their old fence and invited them across. .It takes patience to move pigs, they are always very hesitant to cross the line where the old electric wire was, then on the way down…
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Work in Mud
While the pigs get to play in mud and Boo lies by the fire (with incredibly ill grace) Ton and I are shifting fences and working on the West Barn Poppy broke out last night forcing gates and breaking through the electric fences then when she saw my truck coming up the lane she ran all…
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Bedrest for Boo
Yesterday it rained all day long – just a light drizzle really but a persistent one. The plonkers loved it. Rain means mud and easy digging. And it was not cold. Geraldine wears the rain with much more elegance. Can you see the raindrops on her feathers? Boo went to the vet and evidently his…
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