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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Midnight milking
On my way down to once a day milking I milk every 18 hours for one cycle. This changes the cows from twice a day to once a day without trauma. But within that cycle is one midnight milking. It is actually a rather nice milking period once I have woken the cows up and brought…
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Bread and Pasta
This is why my clothes are getting tight! Zacks Friends Bread Recipe 1000 grams flour, 720 grams water (at 90F ) 21 grams salt, 4 grams yeast. Autolyse the dough. (Add the water and the flour and let sit for half an hour.) Sprinkle on salt and yeast and fold or pinch together. In a large bowl fold dough…
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A Big Shiny Truck
Four doors, 4 wheel drive, 8 foot deck ( that was the hardest to find) and no stupid computer mod cons. My crew calls it The Boat. Shiny too. There was a lot of driving, the journey to the city, finding the truck, bringing it back home to be inspected then after the evening milking…
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Shopping as Therapy? Nope.
I know that when many women go shopping they will look at shoes (and yes I do need a new pair of warm gumboots for the winter), or new underwear (reaching for a rag in the milking room yesterday there was a pair of my knickers on top of the pile – they are getting…
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Finding my way back
Many things have been happening to people around me in the lately, so much sadness and injustice and tragedy, and though the farm and I are fine – many of the best people in my life are struggling and sad. This left me with no words for the last few days. So I am finding…
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