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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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You can’t make wine out of that! They say.
I know it looks bad. …
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Dutch Apple Pie
I am not a food blog but I love food. The old Codger loves food too especially dessert pies. So every week he looks through his old recipe books, and he has a fair few of them, and chooses a pie. This Dutch Apple pie is made just like an apple pie except you top…
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It’s OK I won’t count the days!
The Duke of Kupa is still beautiful… … even though his tail is all but gone for the winter. The girls are all hanging out together in the Potato Paddock. A little flock. And look who has been let out of the hospital wing and rejoined the nursery… Bobby Blanc is all better. Much to…
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And the Winning View IS…
I was on tenterhooks all yesterday watching the voting from my little White House. I do actually have a collection of rooms called the West Wing too!! I was watching the polling and working in the changing light and thinking about a whole years worth of seasonal changes in the slowest of increments as we…
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