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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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STORMS AND THE LIKE
I have been waiting for the weather to settle down before putting Molly’s Eight out into the field – apparently it is not going to settle. So out they went yesterday.
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ONE LAMP-POST AT A TIME
When we were kids and living on Westshore beach in New Zealand we were often late to school. Especially when we had to wait for the littlies who we had to escort to school.
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PICTURES FROM HEIDI
Piglets love milk! They are still quite young so I water down their cows milk. We don’t want runny bottoms.
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SIMPLY LIVING
Not necessarily simply but simply simple living. Just at speed. A multi tasking nightmare that seems to work.
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HOME FROM THE MILL
This week I hope to get home from the mill a little earlier so I can keep my asparagus up to date. Right now I am going down the back to pick and weed.
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