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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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Find a Man we would shout and laugh like drains!
I can’t decide whether this shot is utilitarian or beautiful. I love the lines of colour as the corn comes out. When we were kids we had a babysitter. Her name was Pat. And she was perfect. She was a 60’s girl. Once my parents had gone out and before bedtime, she would take my…
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Green Tomato Pie
You didn’t see that coming did you. Nor did I, especially after yesterday. Your comments from yesterday impressed on me once again that we all have such a lot on common. All living in our different worlds but dealing with so much that we can talk about together. Thank you. Anyway back to the Green…
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Mail for miss c (and Hairy MacLairy). What a day!
The post mistress called. A box had arrived in the village with my name in it. She was sending it out with El Postino right away. I love having a local Post Office with someone running it who knows everyone -we must fight to keep it! Anyway, my new second hand camera body had arrived.…
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Pigs Posing as Construction Crew
The Shush Sisters have been working hard at spreading the new soil around their front yard. What I do is – each day I sprinkle some corn about the earth and then they push the soil around as they hoover. After that they lie on the hills, which looks amusing but impossible to get a…
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Oh dear
We had a good old fashioned farming day yesterday. Mama and Mia were shifted into the rat house paddock, separated from the lambs now for a good while. Mia has gone for company and Mama because that naughty Meadow is still stealing a drink every now and then and Mama needs to be in tip…
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