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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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Welcome to Jack and Diane’s Little Ditty Farm
(Morning everyone from sunny California. Wasn’t yesterday great with our first UN-Blogger post from Sally who has been part of the Fellowship for Ages. And now let me pass the day to Di who has been a Member of the Fellowship of the Farmy since DAY ONE! Over to you Di…) After 12 years…
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Hello I’m Sally, AKA Red Box Gal –
And I have been asked to be the first guest blogger whilst Celi is away. I live in Australia but I was not born here. I grew up in the British countryside then spent many years in various cities (London, New York, Sydney) before settling here on the beautiful far North coast of NSW, back…
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Sometimes pigs do play with sticks.
They carry them about in their mouths and have races. TonTon knows this about pigs and sticks, so he is always ready. Boo on the other hand is not invited in for games. Just as well too. He steals the sticks and runs off. The men finished lowering the corn curtain on my third and…
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Corn is down.. I can see for miles and miles!
With a sunrise like this we had to have a good day. And we did. Because the men in their green machines, came and took the corn away. Later we went out to play in the stripped field. After pausing in the long grass for ‘short legs’ to rest. And watching Egoli – his new hunting…
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Bees and Breeding cows
The bees were out in force yesterday. It was a wee bit warmer so out they came to look for food. But the freeze had knocked all the flowers over. I am feeding them their sugar water right at the hive now, determined that they will live through this winter. Sheila followed me about my…
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The Duke of Kupa gets all tied up
The day dawned windy and cold yesterday. So on with the clown suit and out I went. Yes that is a piggie on the wrong side of the electric fence. It should have been here. During the morning chores I saw this. Not good. Not good at all. The wind must have blown this unbreakable…
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