Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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The Year of the Toad
I have lived out here on the prairies of Illinois for about nine years now. Not long. But in all that time I have never seen so many toads. They are on the road, in the ditches, in the gardens, everywhere. On my daily walk to the West Barn and back I search the path…
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Pigs and Birds
It was Sunday yesterday. A busily quiet day – Sunday is a set up day really. As we set up for the week. Manu the Hereford Boar. Isn’t he a lovely boy – he is growing into his eyes. And still friendly and well mannered. Tima is definitely not having piglets in Five days. Tane…
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Listen to Sheila
Yesterday afternoon I saw (with a certain amount of alarm) that Sheila my big fat old pig was building her winter bed, for hours in the afternoon she went about the barn stealing hay and straw and sticks and anything she could gather into her mouth lumbering back to her new corner out of the drafts…
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Set Up To Succeed
When working with young people of all ages – yes that means you too, because after all we are all young in one way or another – it is important to set goals that are achievable. To set our young ones up to succeed. To set tasks for our young people that are clear and winnable, with…
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The cow and the girl
Now that John is working even further North, with an even longer drive to and fro, Lady Astor and I are back to milking alone. She is very well behaved now and I find myself sinking into that lovely alone time that is induced by the quiet noise of the barn and the one little light…
The Kitchen's Garden 