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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Gorgeous and Gorging
Are they related? Gorging and Gorgeous. This mob(all these hungry piglets) gorge on their food until they are stuffed like deer heads on the wall and they are rather gorgeous as well. Maybe we gorge on their good looks. Geraldine, like the dogs, is never far from me. Waiting at the back door, or staring at…
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Waiting on Poppy
I had a feeling about Poppy yesterday. Her tail was up and she seemed more agitated/excitable than normal – if that were possible. We went for a walk in the morning and again in the afternoon. And late in the evening it seemed to me that she was displaying nesting behaviour. Or maybe she…
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Driving for Pizza
Yesterday evening after a somewhat muddly day I drove over to a small American midwest country town, that has a real live Italian chef, to buy some good pizza for this New Zealand farmer to take back home to my prairie kitchen for dinner. Some days it is such a relief to leave the dinner…
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After Dusk
I was making dinner last night (the creamy dill chicken in pasta with a butternut salad) and hanging a yoghurt up to drain for the labneh today when I suddenly realised I had not taken any photos for you. So I pulled off my pinny grabbed the camera and walked out the door to get…
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The next generation
I love planting my Fellowship Forest and one of the things Romain and I are doing this week is planting all the trees we have been growing and accumulating over the summer. My favourite Fellowship Forest is right down the back. It is too far for a hose to reach and young trees need lots…
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Tightening the Belt
Farming does not make very much money. It feeds us. But makes very little cash unless I actually sell animals. I am doing the sums. And they do not look good. It is hard and near impossible to create security from a little farm unless you grow your own grain. And feed is expensive now.…
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