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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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The Kids
Here they are. Our new milking goats. La Manchas are here. I have just a few photos for you and some introductions. They are such nice animals. They love to be stroked and are not noisy at all. Quiet wee goats but busy, busy. Goats love people and also love chewing on people. I am really…
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Spring Sounds
As Gracie and I worked, yesterday morning, hauling out fork-fulls of winter bedding and spreading it across the corridor field, flock after flock of geese flew overhead, crying out with their distinctive melancholic call. But they were flying North. No need for melancholy. They have decided that the warm-up is on its way. I am…
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Pre-Warp Speed
How we reached pre-warp speed so fast I have no idea. (What was pre warp speed called anyway – cruise? But Warp speed is on its way!) But yesterday had everything happening at once. Thankfully I had Gracie and the Cadet to help out. And John is still waiting for his call back to work…
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Man Walking
It was warm enough yesterday to once more walk down the familiar track alongside the Creek that is really a Ditch- – to the Farm across the Way. We have not done this walk in months and it felt Marvellous. This familiar sight once more. The big white barn. This is the Point of View…
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