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Illinois Farm Girl

a mother's perspective on farm life & farm kids

What is Fair Week?

July 21, 2015

If you follow any farmer bloggers, I would venture you’ve been reading a lot about fairs – 4-H fairs, FFA fairs, county fairs and state fairs. Fairs are the quintessential summer activity giving us funnel cakes, lemonade shake-ups, corn dogs, and fried . . . anything. Carnivals, pedals pulls, pageants. Ribbons, trophies, rodoes – some intentional, others not so much. ...

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Field Report from Rural Route 2

July 15, 2015

I often get asked, "Can you plant different types of corn in one field?" The answer is "yes!"  And we do in the field that sprawls just east of our home.  This year the end rows are populated by popcorn, sweet corn and field corn. ...

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Our Farm is More Than Monsanto

May 20, 2015

This Saturday crowds will gather to wave signs and chant against one of the more frustrating and ridiculous conspiracies of our time – that Monsanto is out to take over the world. ...

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Flat Aggie Visits Two Chicks Farm Alpacas

May 18, 2015

We are so glad to have Flat Aggie visit Two Chicks Farm Alpacas. Our farm is located in northern New York State, about 60 miles north of Syracuse and 30 minutes south of the 1000 Islands Bridge and St. Lawrence River. We live on the edge of the Tug Hill Plateau, which means we get a lot of lake effect snow (from Lake Ontario) in the winter. One day in January we got 4 ½ feet of snow! It was very ...

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#WordlessWednesday: Fence Building

May 13, 2015

There's more to this story.  Stay tuned. ...

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Paper or Plastic? Bag or Box? How Seed is delivered to the Farm

May 5, 2015

During spring’s first cookout with family and friends, my farm boy was careening through a story that involved a forklift, the planter, his grandpa and spilled soybean seed. A long-time family friend was listening and said, “So the seed comes in boxes? I thought it was in bags!” ...

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