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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 leaves are piling up and so am I.
I like the leaves, I never rake them. The winds will come and deal with them soon enough. Until then I like the disheveled look of them. Their random falls and light shuffles. Shuffling light. Parchments and promises. It is Saturday. There will be lots of this! Sleepy time for babies. The Marmalade Cat is…
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Sit, Boo-Boo – Sit.
Have you ever known a child who is perfect one place (maybe school) and a proper little devil in another place (maybe home). I know a dog like that. His name is Blue. We call him Boo. Sit, Boo-Boo, sit. He is the opposite – perfect inside and a heathen outside. Boo and I have…
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Vegetable garden gone. Frost. Blink. Frost. Gone.
Daily sweetness. Marmalade Cat (to be – still Marmalade Kitten really) and Boo-Nanny. Not enough yet? Let’s have a double wammy. The Marmalade kitten creeping up on Boo Nanny. The most obvious ambush in the world. Wee kittys .. um..toilet is becoming more normal so we are going outside three or four times a day…
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Daisy puts her foot down
It rained, no snow but big slushy droopy mushy plops that looked like they had been hurled out from the murky clouds by a vast muddy shaking dog. And it was cold. Wet and cold. A wintry day. By afternoon I decided to throw down some extra straw and let the animals into the barn.…
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Shall we go for a drive? Just around a couple of blocks.
A wee wander down the lanes? As you know I am in central Illinois. It is flat here.. VERY flat. When you live on such flat plains, geometric shapes become more and more apparent. Do you see what I mean? And when we see a nice round bin it becomes almost restful to the eye.…
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