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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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From morning ’til night
Queenie Wineti’s eye is all better and she has been allowed back out into the field with Daisy, though she is still sticking close to the barn cleaning up the last of her food. You can see the bag of DE that hangs above their feeding car boot. They knock it with their faces and…
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Ladybird Wine
With a sudden-ness that happens sometimes (often), when one is juggling more than three balls, (I’ve stopped counting) the wine grapes went from imminent to ‘Pick me right now’! These grapes are a Vidal Blanc and this is our third vintage. I only have 12 vines and I have decided this year that I need…
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Pizza Friday and Tips on Food Photography
Pizza Friday was excellent. By the skin of its teeth. We almost stopped at the Pizza Bianca. ‘Good with beer’ was the response from the peanut gallery. High praise actually. Now we know that pizza bianca is not really an appetiser for pizza but there you are. I hate rules. Don’t you hate rules? So I…
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Uova da Raviolo .. kind of
But first it was dog wash day. Poor fellows – commiserating with each other. Well Ton is commiserating, already Boo has lost focus. The dough for the pizza bianca. It will be brushed with olive oil, a little salt and a whisper of rosemary. It takes 24 hours to rise in the bottom of the…
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