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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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Are your vegetables more expensive this year?
My son sent me this picture from New Zealand of a kumara (NZ sweet potato). Not strictly a vegetable but (you get the gist) they cost $14 NZ a kilo (a kilo = just over 2 pounds) so this kumara cost $6.12 NZ which is $3.80 US for one sweet potato. To be fair the…
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Frequently Asked Questions
Good morning. We have work to do today! On The Sustainable Home pages of the new TKG website there is a space for Frequently Asked Questions. Do you ever read Frequently Asked Questions on a site? I do – actually I hunt them out because they are a great place to hear the real voice…
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Just pictures today.
Because I am out and about today. And no Boo you are not coming too! Corn mustache. When the little pig gets to your fresh hay first. And yes! It rained! Take care Talk soon C
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Check out the determination of this bumblebee.
Do you remember the small patch of wild flowers under the trees on the South side of the house. With the flowering weeds. Though weeds are only plants in the wrong place! It is now heaving with bees and even the odd butterfly has arrived. The flowers are fading but the bees are getting as…
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How to start a new business at 63 years old.
When we think of the granny character we think of Security. Softness. Simplicity. Maybe quiet. Cardigans possibly. Granny knitting and cooking. Grandma with a kitchen bursting with good food and warm fragrant loaves. I can be those things. Maybe we think of Nan and her recipes, and picnics in an old established garden and books…
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Are you the sum of your parts? Or a blossom of unpredictable wildness.
Do you have more than one iron in the fire. Or just a whole bunch of different parts spinning independently. Why do we always try to pigeon-hole people when the edges are so often blurred. Why do we have to be one kind of person. Because I am passionate about sustainability an living lightly on…
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