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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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Curdled cheese from grumpy milk
Hot chooks and their companion trying to catch a breeze. Kupa always looks like he is wearing boxers! Here is an old shot of me -just out of interest. I came across this picture again yesterday. It was taken around the time I ended up sat in a basket of wet washing. I was pregnant…
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High tailing it Out of There!
Daisy was in a bad mood yesterday and all last night and still yelling at me this morning. Bad. Bad. Bad. She stands at her gate and moos with quite the nasty tone.Noisy, bolshy and scary. She has PMT. Cows get that too you know. Some cows worse than others. And Our Daisy is worse…
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Summer rhythm
We are now finally settling into a summer rhythm. After all the births and the weanings and the schedules. The setting up and taking down and setting up again. the milking, the feeding, the cooking and the gardening move in and out, giving and taking a little, but basically the days are settled into a…
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Little miracles
Yesterday was one of those comfy days. After reading your comments I was feeling well and cared for and worked all day in a little blog cuddle bubble. Daisy gave 36 pounds of milk in the morning and 26 in the afternoon. The weather was mild and the weeds pulled easily. The Tall Teenager found…
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