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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Building fences with BooBoo
Fencing is my least favourite job. But BooBoo is always happiest outside with me. Ton is not fond of fencing because he hates loud noises (especially when I am driving in the fencing posts with the post bommy-knocker thingy) and he will always race back to the house. But once Boo has put his toys…
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With 35,000 choices a day, how many do you Make On Purpose?
What an enormous question! I don’t feel like I make that many choices a day? I feel tired just thinking about it. And all our choices – even the unconscious decisions – can have a profound effect on the people in our lives, the homes we live in, the planet? From when to sow your…
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The Rooster on the Porch
Roosters have their own territories, especially roosters who do not have a flock of chickens. And often (here on the Farmy) a lone rooster will attach itself to an animal. At least to the area that a particular animal lives in and the promise of two free feeds a day. Let’s be honest!! There are…
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Coffee Tin Bread
In the old days we did not have Ikea and Walmart and cheap loaf tins. We used what was in the cupboard. Bread can be baked in almost any container. My Mum baked her bread in whatever she had handy – usually a cast iron or enamel meat loaf tin. Sometimes coffee tins and sometimes…
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The Survival of the Bloggest
The New Blog Renaissance is just around the corner. Blogging is on the cusp of a revival. With the slow monster emergence of AI and Chat GPT (I find the panic enormously entertaining to be honest) – there is a great hush in the world of content creators. We are holding our breath waiting to…
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Dawn Chorus – In Surround Sound
The bird song sounds of the dawn caught on video. There are a short few minutes just as the sun is rising when all the birds put aside their differences and pipe in the light. They rise onto their toes in the trees and sing their tiny generous hearts out. As the burning colors of…
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