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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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BLT with Country Cheese
In the summer, once the tomatoes begin to ripen, we eat bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches on freshly made bread every Friday, for as long as the tomatoes last. Now, you think one would get tired of them wouldn’t you. But we don’t. Every Friday they are a little different. Yesterday I cooked the bacon…
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Water, water everywhere, give me a drop to drink
Yesterday as I walked about in the heat with my hose making sure animals had water to stand in and cold water in their troughs I began to wonder about how much water I was using. How much water is needed to run a sustainable, organic farmy. So I did a little research. Daisy (milking…
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I got the plum job because Girls can drive Tractors too you know.
Yesterday in the late afternoon we baled and brought in the hay from The Haymakers Field. Not a lot of hay. After all this is the first harvest of the first season of the Haymakers Field. It was not a pretty field. We have had very little rain this season and consequently the alfalfa had…
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Walkabout on the Farmy
Taking stock on a lovely summer day. Kupa was inadvertantly locked in the chook house and after spending the whole day in with the peasants he had to have a wee lie down. Then he went to have a stretch and adding insult to injury his display attracted the wrong attention, I fear that Kupa…
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The long awaited day: The Old Codger Comes Home
Your surprise. Here is Dale our resident Old Codger. He is home again. His daughter came from California to bring him home from the Old Folks Home. He is endlessly grateful to the folks at the retirement /rehab home and is so relieved that they were able to help him get fit enough to…
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Milking a cow from start to finish in pictures.
I wanted to document a milking in pictures for you. This was easier said than done as I needed to bring in people unfamiliar with my camera (Our John and Tall Teenager) to take the actual pictures. And there is no way to set it up. Milking time is milking time! So, this post has…
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