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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 Land of Milk and Honey
Good morning everyone. We spent almost all morning in the garden yesterday, weeding and gathering for our vegan feast. The young people were entranced by the Duke of Kupa, who spent a lot of time sashaying about looking gorgeous. His tail sways as he walks. Showing off his feathers and his wives. Look at our…
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Pickled Beetroot amongst the bustle.
What a lovely day it was yesterday. Cool, with a little breeze. Different neighbours popping in and out feeding Daisy their garden leftovers or borrowing hay making tools. Yesterday I felt for the first time as though I was part of my little local rural community. And that is hard as a foreigner in a…
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The Kitchen’s Garden Garden!
The gardens this year have largely been a disappointment. Crops like the potatoes, cucumbers, zuchinni, butternuts, pumpkins, and beans have either refused to fruit or curled up and died due to that extreme heatwave we had. But the aubergine, beetroot and capsicum all in the drought resistant frog garden are doing very well. Now that…
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The Farmy is back online. There have been a few changes.
Camera and the Connection have returned. So we have images and we have the internet back to its usual comforting crawl. And oh I missed you so. It was very strange not to be constructing sentences in my head all day and collecting shots for you. The Duke of Kupa says welcome back. All is…
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Longing for evening
Yesterday was just a little day. A nice peaceful Sunday. Milking the cow while TonTon watched from his usual place. Telling Sheila she knows that John does not like her to play in the traffic and get back in the barn right now it is time for your dinner. Watching the chickens drink the last…
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