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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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Hit in the head by a summer day.
Summer has finally hit. We were in the high 90’s (mid 30’s C) and even though this was officially a day off for my crew they were out there filling wallows and water troughs and watering new plants. Making sure all the animals did not come under stress from the heat. Manu had no problem…
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Late in the Day
Poor Poppy. We finished the electric fence. She and Manu came walking out. Poppy (the Hereford Sow) touched the fence and squealed with fright, ran to the other side and got hit again, balked, backed up then headed for a corner that was made with hog panels, not electrified of course, backed into it and…
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Pig Vandal
Pig games are very simple. Pig brains are very simple. Contrary to popular opinion pigs are not all that intelligent. At least mine aren’t. Not as clever as my dogs and not as clever as a toddler. No toddler I know is happy to lie under a tree all by herself without a sound for…
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Almost to the brim
Now I have four volunteers and the farm is really humming. I have to be right on task though as they were at full throttle yesterday and working so fast, striking things off the list one after the other – I was having trouble keeping up. Today we are taking down some old fences and collecting all the…
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And then there were three
Another woofer arrived today and now I have a crew of three. There is always a kind of shaking down when a new character enters the mix and thankfully this girl is getting along just fine with everyone. So we are good and we are getting Heaps done too! And on Thursday two more people arrive…
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