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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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LATEST POSTS

Frogs cry

This is going to sound like a Tall Tale but I swear it is true. Yesterday morning began as an ordinary day. I milked Daisy the cow. Then Queenie Wineti convinced me that the cows should be allowed out on the greening grass for a bit. Daisy has been schooling her in the Intense…
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Our smallest crew member is M.I.A.

I am never sure how to tell you sad news. But I promised I would. Tell you. There are three promises I make for the The Kitchen’s Garden Weblog. 1. (Unless I tell you) All the shots you see are from the last 24 hours so you will see what I have seen each day. 2.…
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Wet Farmy with a Flying Peahen…

See what happens when we take the day off. And no, I did not get a sleep in, instead there was a murder in the bedroom when Our John forgot that I was having a sleep in and WOKE ME UP!@!! at 5am. I told him that hundreds and hundreds of people in more than…
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Can you sleep in?

Yesterday I took the last of my allotted honey from the bees. This year each small super has yielded just over 2 gallons of lovely clear honey. I had three honey supers on two hives. So all up we have harvested a little under 7 gallons (or 26 litres if my calculations are correct)…
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“You can’t put my Mom in a chicken coop!”

Yesterday after milking and chores and the school run we drove to the city and I dropped the cooking oil car off with the mechanic. It was a two and a half hour round trip just to get there and back. The mechanic is my new best friend. He totally ignored my accent, and my…
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Working alone on the farmy

Working alone on a farm has its challenges and its dangers. Though you would not know that there are any hidden dangers from the little collection of images we see today. And the little farm is managed in a low tech sustainable manner so my use of machinery is kept to a minimum. My tractor…
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