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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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Life in the Fast, oops I mean SLOW, lane!
Early spring is a period of waiting. I make my little seed pots from the seed catalogues. We sow the seeds and wait for the seeds to sprout. We watch the weather each day and wait for it to be warm enough for all the seedlings to go outside into the sun. (Also waiting for…
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The Farmy’s Guest Appearance
Good morning. In a few hours (it is up now)we will be on at Old World Garden Farms. So far this morning they have an interesting article on compost! Well, we all know how Daisy and I feel about our compost! Our farmy post will go up about 9am. (Later: It is up so just click…
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Dog Cuddles and your Weekend Reading
Our trip to the old folks home was a wild success. Although apprehensive, the moment we were through the two big sliding doors Ton’s nose hit the floor and he smelt his way right down the corridor to the lift. We had to have a wee pause after the lift to catch a wee doggie…
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A cat sat in the washing machine
I know many cats like to sit in washing baskets but Mary’s Cat took the feline laundry fetich thing to a whole new level yesterday morning. Now before you panic. The washing machine was empty and Mary’s Cat had not been locked inside. He had climbed into the clean, open, front loading washing wachine and…
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Hairy MacLairy gets his Own Way.
Someone is putting on weight. At this time of year and for at least another 6 weeks, if not longer, I have to keep the animals out of the fields for two reasons 1) so that the grass can grow. Daisy does not understand this. 2) So that large animals do not pug the…
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