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But with a Santa sweater like that, wouldn't you?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/046.jpg046Mom Wags and our trusty sidekick getting our garlic maintenance on.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0441.jpg044The Wagner women working hard.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0371.jpg037https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0361.jpg036Christmas braising mix - it warms my heart to hear my family say they like kale. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0311.jpg031Meat mountain! 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We clip them every few inches so the tomatoes will grow to the ceiling of the high tunnelhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/035.jpg035Tunnel Tomatoes!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/034.jpg034Our elusive, but apparently thriving, orange mint.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/033.jpg033They're ain't no party like a KC mint party.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/031.jpg031Chocolate Mint, our delicious peppermint.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0221.jpg022Ten bands of tomato plants. Oh la la.2018-08-14T19:32:56+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/09/24/adventures-in-the-tri-state/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/017.jpg017One side farm adventure - last week during a pick day our Bantam, who Derek and Matt have jointly named DiAngelo Barksdale (because he is wiley and often being beat up by the bigger rooster), flew the coop! He flew straight up through an opening in the roof of the chicken enclosure. He hung around on the roof and then jumped to the ground to contemplate his freedom briefly before Matt caught him and tossed him back inside. Otherwise, he would have been Kobe dinner.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0051.jpg005Waving fields of green. Kohlrabi, Kale, Cabbage, Broccoli, etc.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/057.jpg057Matthew hanging out in a tree. Typical.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/054.jpg054Swim party.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/055.jpg055Fred shows us the grading scale for maple syrup.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/052.jpg052Oh boy, these Highlanders are BIG.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/048.jpg048Chelsea hanging out in the Sugar Shack.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/047.jpg047Derek hanging out in the Sugar Shack.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/034.jpg034Fred shows us his garden space.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/030.jpg030Cutest greenhouse ever?2018-06-18T18:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/06/11/pest-control-and-the-fungus-among-us/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/colorado-potato-beetle.jpgcolorado potato beetleCPBs - the worst!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0242.jpg024Flea Beetle damage. Drats!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0101.jpg010As does Jay, with more excitement.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/005.jpg005Keith and Matt survey their conquest.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/flea-beetles.jpgBG105099Flea Beetles.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cucumber-beetle.jpgcucumber beetleCucmber Beetles.2018-06-13T19:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2016/12/12/i-love-you-and-that-is-why-i-want-to-grow-your-food-and-build-our-community/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jason-me-alice.jpgjason-me-alicehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jason-diner-singing1.jpgjason-diner-singinghttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jason-diner.jpgjason-dinerhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/veg-first-friday.jpgveg-first-fridayhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/shop-small.jpgshop-smallhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/open-today-sign-first-friday.jpgopen-today-sign-first-fridayhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jason-diner-singing.jpgjason-diner-singinghttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/flour-honey-herbs-first-friday.jpgflour-honey-herbs-first-fridayhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/trexlertown.jpgtrexlertownhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/trexlertown-winter-market.jpgtrexlertown-winter-market2018-06-10T18:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/03/11/we-pause-for-flowers-we-work-for-home-we-plant-for-spring/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/my-bedroom1.jpgmy bedroomhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/puppybutt.jpgpuppybuttArya, meanwhile, wants to live in the Arctic tundra and dig for smelly things forever.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jess-and-puppy.jpgjess and puppyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/farmhouse-sunset.jpgfarmhouse sunsetArya, meanwhile, wants to live in the Arctic tundra and dig for smelly things forever.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dad-field.jpgdad fieldDad surveys the fields and wishes for less snow. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/baby-thyme.jpgbaby thymehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150220_095048.jpgIMG_20150220_095048Rodale homages in the Barnes and Noble.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150307_133233322.jpgIMG_20150307_133233322https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150307_133229083_hdr.jpgIMG_20150307_133229083_HDRhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150307_130817704.jpgIMG_20150307_1308177042018-05-12T19:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/04/30/monday-farming-in-real-and-rainy-time/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0051.jpg005Yep. That's right.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/014.jpg014https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0131.jpg013These teenage onions are almost ready to rock and roll in the real world.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/011.jpg011https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/010.jpg010https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/008.jpg008The The tomatoes say, "hey"https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/007.jpg007https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0041.jpg004https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/001.jpg001Ready-to-plant greens are here! 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Aka Shameless Plughttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/keith-1.jpgkeith 1Home sweet Keith'shttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/keith-2.jpgkeith 2Kobe, still being adorable after all these years.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/keith-3.jpgkeith 3The man, the myth, the ultimate boss: Mr. Keith Stewart.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lucia-and-mislav.jpglucia and mislavLucia, the beloved, and Mislav, the first person to appreciate that my tea kettle whistles a perfect fifth.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/goat-baby.jpggoat babyPlus, farm inspections usually include great animals, like this precious girl.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2016-flyer-pic.jpg2016 flyer picYou know you want to...https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moving-chickens-for-the-last-time.jpgmoving chickens for the last timeDuring our last move of the chickens, all the cows decided to come lick Reuben's 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localhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fbp5.pngFBP5https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fbp2.pngFBP22016-02-26T12:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2016/01/19/home-again-the-end-of-travels-the-beginning-of-a-season/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20151227_105607115.jpgIMG_20151227_105607115https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20160104_082802840.jpgIMG_20160104_082802840https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20160104_164318056.jpgIMG_20160104_164318056https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20151226_133959987.jpgIMG_20151226_133959987Trees that grew spikes to protect themselves from giant sloths back in the day - evolution, man.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20160103_131101776.jpgIMG_20160103_131101776https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20151229_140342728.jpgIMG_20151229_140342728https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20151225_124807709.jpgIMG_20151225_124807709https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20151226_134415390.jpgIMG_20151226_134415390https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20160104_140022574.jpgIMG_20160104_140022574https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_20160104_093641073.jpgIMG_20160104_0936410732016-01-19T18:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/12/26/sunrise-in-the-rainforest-one-month-away/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ficus.jpgFicushttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/eden-tree.jpgeden treehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/twins.jpgtwinshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/coffee-mountain.jpgcoffee 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herbs2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/teas-and-herbs.jpgteas and herbshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/teamwork2.jpgteamwork2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/teamwork.jpgteamworkhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sky.jpgskyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/piglets.jpgpiglets2015-08-16T13:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/07/09/july-updates-and-kimchi-love/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunset.jpgsunsethttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/market-stand.jpgmarket standhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/slacs.jpgSLACShttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/herbs.jpgherbshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/matthew.jpgmatthewThere he is, ladies and gent. Mista LaVergne, farmhand, cook and poet extraordinaire.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/matthew-takes-my-picture.jpgmatthew takes my picturehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/market-harvest.jpgmarket harvesthttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/market-sign.jpgMarket Signhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/scapes-kimchi-adam.jpgscapes kimchi adam2015-07-09T17:58:56+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/06/25/herbology-101-meagans-herb-popsicles-for-crooked-recipes/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/meagan-recipe.jpgmeagan recipeI spent a good part of the winter lying around Meagan's apartment looking through her box of recipes. Seeing these make me giddy.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/meagan-popsicle-screenshot.jpgmeagan popsicle screenshotIf ya'll ain't following @asteraligator on the Gram, you should be.2015-06-25T00:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/06/03/full-time-farmer-part-time-writer/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/garlic.jpgGarlichttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/me.jpgMehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stand.jpgStandhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stand1.jpgstand1https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/birdnest.jpgBirdnestLife is beautiful.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_20150603_124107140.jpgIMG_20150603_124107140https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lettuce.jpglettucehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/chalkboard.jpgchalkboard2015-06-04T14:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/05/15/rain-dances-sister-love-and-chicken-capers/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/necklace.jpgnecklacehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/runlifeco.jpgrunlifecohttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chicken-camper1.jpgchicken camperHappy Camper Chickens, or "It's moooooving day!" Secret of Nimh, anyone?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/eggs1.jpgeggs2015-06-03T12:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/05/01/your-may-1-update-school-projects-and-planting-progress/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tinyhouse.jpgtinyhouseLittle house is just the prettiest spring cottage.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sleeping-pups.jpgsleeping pupsHere they paused from the chomping to nap.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/westphilly-secret-garden.jpgwestphilly secret gardenThat West Philly love is strong right now.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/truck.jpgtruckhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tomato-projects.jpgtomato projectshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/potato-row.jpgpotato rowhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/onion-sets.jpgonion setshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mountainrose.jpgmountainroseMountain Rose!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/local-food-guide.jpglocal food guidehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/heal-the-world.jpgheal the world2015-05-01T12:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/04/17/chicken-adventures-and-the-start-of-harvest/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chickenbefree.jpgchickenbefreehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chickenslucia.jpgchickensluciahttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chicken2.jpgchicken2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chicken-1.jpgchicken 1https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/komatsuna-and-raab.jpgkomatsuna and raabhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sorrel-picking.jpgSorrel pickinghttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/puppies-in-the-leaves.jpgpuppies in the leaveshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pig-shed.jpgpig shedhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/arya-drives.jpgarya driveshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chicken-fence-move.jpgchicken fence move2015-04-17T13:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/03/25/crooked-row-extended-csa-deadlines-and-guest-food-bloggers/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/market-gardener.jpgmarket gardenerhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/strider2.jpgstrider2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/strider.jpgstriderhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/meagan-love.jpgMeagan loveMeagan cares for critters, cooks, revolutionizes the world, salvages cast iron and made Stubbz this excellent kitten harness last summer.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sarah1.jpgsarah12015-03-25T18:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/03/19/building-a-community-and-sharing-your-passions/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/envirokure.jpgenvirokurehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/envirokure-office.jpgenvirokure officehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/team-awesome-ladies-meeting.jpgteam awesome ladies meetingBeautiful ladies doing beautiful work.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/southwest-philly-lot.jpgsouthwest philly lotWhat do you see when you look at this space? Do you see blooming green beauty? We do.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/seedlings.jpgseedlingsEven the plants.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/night-street.jpgnight streethttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dogs-taking-stock.jpgdogs taking stockThe pups view their kingdom and wait for the snow to melt.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/art-can-triumph.jpgart can triumphhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/alum-panel.jpgalum panelMeg is a nurse in the city and Sam is finishing up law school. They are wonderful people, if you haven't had the chance to know them (yet).https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/alum-panel-more.jpgalum panel moreWe are lawyers, farmers, nurses, businessmen, the politically active and vocationally passionate. Thanks to Hannah Datz for the photos!2015-03-19T13:14:23+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/03/07/so-long-for-now/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/upenn-bookstore.jpgupenn bookstorehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/onions1.jpgonionshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/books1.jpgbookshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/west-philly.jpgwest phillyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sunset-west-philly.jpgsunset west phillyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flyer.jpgflyerhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/city-night.jpgcity nighthttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/books.jpgbooks2015-03-08T06:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/03/02/seeds-snow-and-snow/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lehigh-county-farmland-preservation.jpglehigh county farmland preservationhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/onions.jpgonionshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/seeds.jpgseedsSeed party!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/national-young-farmers-coalition.jpgnational young farmers coalitionhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/my-bedroom.jpgmy bedroomhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/liz-and-arya-take-naps.jpgliz and arya take napsDid I mention day naps? Love, Liz and Aryahttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jess-plows.jpgjess plowsLook at her. Jess Wagner, professional plow boss.2015-03-02T13:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2015/02/28/happy-national-csa-sign-up-day/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/easton-table.jpgeaston tablehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/seeds-in-bunker.jpgseeds in bunkerhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bunker.jpgbunkerOkay, not quite green...yet. But we're getting there!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/primavera.jpgprimaveraOne of last year's half shares, for primavera lovehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/csaday_header.jpgCSAday4https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy-fresh-buy-local-2.jpgbuy fresh buy local 2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy-fresh-buy-local-1.jpgbuy fresh buy local 12015-02-28T12:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/11/13/another-season-passes-but-we-cant-stop-wont-stop/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/strider-and-arya.jpgstrider and aryaStrider is probably the least thrilled of the team to have Arya in our midst.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ocf.jpgocfhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tea.jpgteahttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stubbz.jpgStubbzhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/radishes.jpgradisheshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/melon-faces.jpgmelon faceshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/market-kitten.jpgmarket kittenhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/logo-design.jpglogo designhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/little-house.jpglittle houseI mean, look at it. It's the most adorable teeny house I've ever seen. And the trees are great. I've already spent an hour reading in one of them.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/learning.jpglearning2014-11-14T13:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/10/02/have-you-met-stef-the-lady-fair-and-cheese-queen-of-valley-milkhouse/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thank-you-us.jpgthank you ushttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_20140928_171217378.jpgIMG_20140928_171217378https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_20140928_162716420.jpgIMG_20140928_162716420https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_20140928_162432461.jpgIMG_20140928_162432461Always adorable.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_20140928_161812189.jpgIMG_20140928_161812189https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_20140928_161717320.jpgIMG_20140928_161717320https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cheese-table.jpgcheese table2014-10-02T22:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/09/25/a-start-of-fall-catch-up-the-summer-was-awesome-let-me-tell-you-about-it/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam-adams.jpgsam adamsMy speed session card - each person I sat with had something great to share and teach.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tomatoes.jpgtomatoesThe brief season of crazy tomatoeshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tomato.jpgtomatoNext year, (shakes fist), next year will be better.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sunet.jpgsunethttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rototiller.jpgrototillerhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ridge.jpgridgehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nick.jpgnickhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mom-garlic.jpgmom garlichttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/me-and-mom.jpgme and momhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lettuce.jpglettuce2014-09-25T21:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/07/20/they-were-diggin-for-something/2014-09-25T15:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/05/15/because-every-x-men-needs-an-origin-story-or-my-quarterly-identity-crisis/2014-05-16T21:50:03+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/05/11/ode-to-my-mother/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/best-worker.jpgbest workerThe coolest.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mom-hides-from-rain.jpgmom hides from rainhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/momseeding-copy.jpgmomseeding - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mom-and-susie-2.jpgmom and susie 2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/072.jpg072https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/052.jpg052All this, and she hasn't murdered us yet. Just some raspberries.2014-05-11T20:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/04/09/cue-the-acdc-were-back/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tomato-box.jpgtomato boxhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mizuna.jpgMizunahttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mesclun-round-1.jpgMesclun Round 1https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cotelydons.jpgCotelydonshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/baby-rr.jpgBaby RRhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/baby-orchard2.jpgBaby Orchard2Right now they look much less exciting than the photo imagehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/babies1.jpgBabies1https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sorrel-and-feta-salad.jpgsorrel and feta saladhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/111.jpg111https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/083.jpg0832014-04-10T18:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/03/26/we-like-to-pretend-its-spring-here/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stef-swing.jpgstef swingBeautiful Stef on a swing at the amazing property she'll be making her cheese at.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stef-and-angie.jpgstef and angieStef visualizes her cheese room space with Angie from Oley Valley Mushrooms.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sorrel.jpgsorrelhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hops-rhizomes.jpghops rhizomesHappy times, hoppy timeshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/022.jpg022No, I didn't strategically place this thyme in such a way that you could see the sweet pedicures we went and got. Oh, wait.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/020.jpg020Thyme! How I missed you.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0171.jpg017https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0103.jpg0102014-04-09T10:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/03/07/rebuilding-replanting-reliving/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/faceless-edit.jpgFaceless editGet ready. We are.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stef.jpgstefhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/power-tools.jpgpower toolshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/snow-farm-1.jpgsnow farm 1https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-snow-greenhouse.jpgme snow greenhousehttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0151.jpg015https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/012.jpg012https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0102.jpg010https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0071.jpg007https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/005.jpg0052014-03-07T22:18:41+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/02/13/small-farm-paradise-the-2014-pasa-conference/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/name-tag-less-blurry.jpgname tag less blurryLook! I got a name tag with the name of the farm - like a legitimate person!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/keith-book.jpgkeith bookAnd then, in the books section of the the PASA shop, I found Keith's book! And then I picked it up and did a little happy dance in the aisles with it.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/005.jpg005It will take me days to sort through all this info - good thing it's about to snow forever again, right? Now I'll HAVE to do it.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/004.jpg004https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/003.jpg003Thank you, ZBar, for an awesome evening.2014-02-15T15:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/01/23/what-do-you-do-in-the-off-season/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/swisscalf.jpgswisscalfhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/butternut-squash-pie.jpgbutternut squash pieThis pie was made from Crooked Row butternut squash, Excelsior farm eggs, Willow Haven Farm's donated milk, Red Cat Farm's local heritage grain flour, and spices from Health Habits, where I work. My farm friends are the best, no?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hermits-hollow-3.jpghermits hollow 3Homesteadin' USAhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hoophouse.jpghoophouseOnce they put this back together, they'll be rocking and rolling in the NChttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hermits-hollow.jpghermits hollowhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hermits-hollow-2.jpghermits hollow 22014-01-24T00:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2014/01/12/plants-plans-and-promises-2014-the-best-year-ever/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nana.jpgnanaA nighttime phone photo can't do her justice - but Nana is a pretty cow.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nana-milking.jpgnana milkingHand milking into a bucket, like a boss. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/006.jpg006Winter has been full of broccoli. Yummmm.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/001.jpg001https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/027.jpg027https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/026.jpg026https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/089.jpg089Joshue Tree, home of some of the coolest trees on the planet.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/072.jpg072Because plants make me happier than pretty much anything ever, and my friends have learned this. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/071.jpg071https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/069.jpg0692014-01-13T14:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/12/28/crooked-row-a-fall-and-winter-recap-we-survived-and-thrived/2014-01-01T21:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/06/25/toiling-and-growing-the-june-edition/2013-08-28T22:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/07/26/remember-how-the-blog-stops-in-summer/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/garlic.jpggarlichttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tomatillos.jpgtomatilloshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/potato.jpgPOTATOhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/patty-pan.jpgpatty panhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lemon-cukes.jpglemon cukeshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/008.jpg008https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/044.jpg044https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/042.jpg042https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/034.jpg034https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/033.jpg0332013-08-01T19:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/06/04/to-market-to-market-the-self-employed-reprise-and-hey-look-at-all-these-vegetables/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stand.jpgstandhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stand-4.jpgstand 4https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stand-3.jpgstand 3https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stand-2.jpgStand 2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stand-1.jpgStand 1https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/030.jpg030https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/0271.jpg027https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/0231.jpg023https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/021.jpg021https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/020.jpg0202013-06-04T11:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/06/01/oh-my-gosh-market-is-tomorrow/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/023-copy.jpg023 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/021-copy.jpg021 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/018-copy.jpg018 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/015-copy.jpg015 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/011-copy.jpg011 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/009-copy.jpg009 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/008-copy.jpg008 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/007-copy.jpg007 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/006-copy.jpg006 - Copyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/005-copy.jpg005 - Copy2013-06-01T10:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/04/24/hey-what-happened-to-april/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/imagejpeg950-1.jpgimagejpeg950 (1)https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/imagejpeg950.jpgimagejpeg950https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/017.jpg017And there it is again! Ruby streaks mustard, please grow big and don't get eaten.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/013.jpg013https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/012.jpg012https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/005.jpg005https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/004.jpg004https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/003.jpg003Peas!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/002.jpg002https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/055.jpg0552013-05-02T20:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/03/26/chisel-plows-seedlings-and-getting-a-move-on/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tractor-dog.jpgTractor DogBack by popular demand - more Strider pictures! He is wondering how the mechanics of a chisel plow work.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chisel-plow.jpgchisel plowPapa Bear Glenn gets his tractor on. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chisel-plow-2.jpgchisel plow 2Glenn and I rode together up in his tractor. He drove and I navigated. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-raab.jpgBlog RaabWho's excited for broccoli raab?!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-046.jpgBlog 046Okay, tomatoes. Let's do this.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-045.jpgBlog 045Painstakingly setting up the soil heating cables in the tomato and pepper propagation box. The wires can't touch or cross or they short out (or so I've heard). https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-044.jpgBlog 044Good morning, little onions!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-043.jpgBlog 043The beautiful and peppery ruby streaks mustard. Get ready.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-018.jpgBlog 018And at the end of the day, we had a plowed field.2013-04-06T00:58:53+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/03/22/why-my-college-made-it-okay-for-me-to-become-a-farmer/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/603978_10151138174918227_214116253_n.jpg603978_10151138174918227_214116253_nLa Salle women are some of the toughest, strongest women in town.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/222791_7285558226_1619_n.jpg222791_7285558226_1619_nMy freshmen roommates and RA, who have gone on to be amazing people.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/316_30942721245_4729_n.jpg316_30942721245_4729_nLa Salle gave me the chance to work with some awesome people (Like Sam), and hold leadership positions in organizations - which I probably couldn't have done at any other school.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/238_16205303412_8552_n.jpg238_16205303412_8552_nhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/196549_10150174448575625_2590176_n.jpg196549_10150174448575625_2590176_nThe service trips were also the first time I realized, "Hey, I really like building things, being outside and working with my hands." Sorry, com and English degrees/ 2013-03-26T01:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/03/13/germination-tractor-equipment-fooling-the-world/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/021.jpg021https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/020.jpg020I have two of these contraptions currently set up in the greenhouse - one full of onions and one recently filled with kales, lettuce, raab, arugula, herbs and more!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/017.jpg017My big bad 2013 folder - and no, I didn't make my section dividers out of cut up county band folders from high school...and no, the cover doesn't suggest that I lifted the binder itself from a Child Advocates recycling bin...https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/015.jpg015https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/108.jpg108I could not be a prouder mother.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/107.jpg107These wee baby brassicas say "Good morning, world!"https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/104.jpg104So many onions. Get ready to cook.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/101.jpg101https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/100.jpg100They live! They live! The cutest little onion seedlings you ever did see.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/046.jpg046Chisel Plow!2013-03-13T14:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/02/28/onion-babies/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0041.jpg004Here are all the onions we'll (hopefully) be offering!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0031.jpg003"Goodnight, onions," she said in her best Christopher Walken voice.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0022.jpg002Gro-Quick soil heating cables get a bad rap in a lot of reviews I've read, but as of now they've served me quite well.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0181.jpg018Uh...sand.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0171.jpg017The cables are buried under another 1/2 inch of sand to limit direct contact with the seed containers. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0142.jpg014Our heating bed!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/099.jpg099Isn't mail great? Earthway Seeder arrived!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/098.jpg098This looks like a college desk - this is why I DIDN'T go to grad school, ahhhh.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/093.jpg093Seed those onions!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/090.jpg090Our dear friend Anthony supplied us with drum caps for our passive solar heat!2013-03-01T03:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/02/24/my-old-boss-keith-wrote-another-awesome-book/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0654-e1361742306532.jpgIMG_0654Isn't he the sweetest?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0653.jpgIMG_0653What great timing!2013-02-24T22:10:40+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/02/19/hey-we-built-a-greenhouse-part-ii-frames-benches-plastic-and-victory/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/016.jpg016Victory faces.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0141.jpg014https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131.jpg013https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/011.jpg011https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0101.jpg010https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0061.jpg006https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0021.jpg002Enter: Greenhouse2013-02-22T12:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/02/11/hey-we-built-a-greenhouse-part-i/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/028.jpg028https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/026.jpg026https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/023.jpg023https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/021.jpg021https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/019.jpg019So if we pull from here, is it tight yet? What about here? Man, plastic is the pits sometimes.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/018.jpg018https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/017.jpg017https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/014.jpg014No, dog, you're not helping.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/013.jpg013https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/012.jpg0122013-03-14T00:13:49+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/02/02/a-farm-flyer-for-your-thoughts/2013-02-06T00:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2013/01/19/home-is-wherever-im-with-you-part-two-my-mom-the-superhero-greenhouses-and-getting-it-together/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/041.jpg041Just look at her. Made for a cape.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/0081.jpg008A shout out to my cousins Chris and Bernie, who brought flowers to the hospital. These are beautiful. And to Melissa, who showed up with bread, soup and muffins.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/greenhouse.jpggreenhouseThis will become a 96-foot greenhouse. In the words of one of my farmers, booyah.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/013.jpg013These pieces will connect the hoops with the center purlin.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/012.jpg012This will become a 96-foot greenhouse. In the words of one of my farmers, booyah.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/010.jpg010Loading up!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/008.jpg008Some of us felt some trepidation as glenn and set out on our greenhouse drive. We don't always do so well together. But it was actually a lovely trip. We may (knock on wood) finally be starting to understand each other.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/003.jpg003This doofus drove hours out of his way to get some upside down pizza. Derek, who despite many appearances on my blog, hates having his picture taken and is loafing in the back.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/002.jpg002Not the most organized planner...https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/map.jpgmapHey - this is my 3 and 1/2 acres from the sky!2013-02-12T20:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/12/30/home-is-wherever-im-with-you-part-i-coming-back/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/watercress.jpgwatercressNeeded a farm picture in here somewhere. Cutting watercress at runner Sarah's childhood home.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sarah-and-scott.jpgsarah and scottScott and Sarah, my other lovely farmer/runner friends who grew up near the farm.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sara.jpgsarahttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nate.jpgnateDo you need a best man? Rock star? Great friend? Secret agent? Constant chore? Here he is.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/magazine.jpgmagazineThanks, La Salle, for thinking I'm worth TWO pages in the Alumni Magazine.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/jess-r.jpgjess rhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bomf.jpgbomf2012-12-30T22:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/12/17/we-say-goodbye-we-say-hello/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/023.jpg023https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0571.jpg057https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0481.jpg048https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0471.jpg047https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/011.jpg011https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0092.jpg009https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/casey.jpgcaseyhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0091.jpg009https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/014.jpg014https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/013.jpg0132012-12-17T01:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/11/06/sticking-through-sandy-and-its-a-girl/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-a-girl4.jpgits a girl4Isn't she lovely? My mom sent me a flurry of pictures with the title "She's coming home with us." Because obviously the farm equipment on Wagner farms would also be female.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-a-girl3.jpgits a girl3Glenn checking out my girl. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-a-girl2.jpgits a girl2Booyah.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-a-girl.jpgits a girlShe needs a name, though. Any thoughts?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imag05691.jpgIMAG0569https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imag0569.jpgIMAG0569https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/029.jpg029https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/028.jpg028The Saturday folks really rose to the challenge of a smaller stand and made a totally adorable display in the limited space.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/027.jpg027https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/026.jpg026Keith's Farm stand, in miniature.2012-11-06T06:35:24+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/10/23/fall-kale-parties-farm-hack-and-getting-older-and-colder/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/064.jpg064https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/058.jpg058https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/042.jpg042https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/040.jpg040https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/037.jpg037https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0321.jpg032https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/030.jpg030https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0241.jpg024https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0201.jpg020https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0191.jpg0192012-11-11T04:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/10/09/to-market-to-market-2/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/009.jpg009Kohlrabi! The strangest veggie in town.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/008.jpg008Another herb display picture? Can't help it - it's just too cute.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/007.jpg007Tomatillos, onions and shallots - oh my!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/006.jpg006The most beautiful radishes in the world!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/005.jpg005Hot Portugal peppers, scapes, parsley.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/004.jpg004Pumpkins and basil? We are having some seasonal confusion.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/001.jpg001Hakurai Turnips- you can eat them raw. And yes, again our kohlrabi.2012-11-02T17:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/09/10/the-wagner-women-and-their-vegetables/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/001.jpg001Every art teacher (and everyone on the farm, and, really, anyone with an ounce of artistic ability who has ever known me) cringes when I try to draw. But here it is - the world's ugliest, messiest field map. Don't worry. I'm going to clean it up.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0527.jpgIMAG0527Pesto Party. Throw some olive oil on top and freeze it for later.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0526.jpgIMAG0526Clams post bread crumbs. Extra amazing.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0525.jpgIMAG0525https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0524.jpgIMAG0524Salsa Verde! It tastes awesome.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0523.jpgIMAG0523Tasty, tasty clams.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0327.jpgIMAG0327https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/002.jpg0022012-09-11T16:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/09/06/the-fall-of-tomato-kingdom-the-greens-uprising/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lauren-and-kevin-food41.jpgLauren and Kevin Food4Lavender cake!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lauren-and-kevin-food31.jpgLauren and Kevin Food3Fork-crushed blue potatoes, shirazi salad, salmon and a medley of deliciousness. Lauren is an amazing cook.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lauren-and-kevin-food1.jpgLauren and Kevin FoodA beautiful spread for a beautiful couple.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/keiths-farm-dinner31.jpgkeith's farm dinner3What were we talking about? No one can remember, but it sure looked serious.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/keiths-farm-dinner21.jpgkeith's farm dinner2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/keiths-farm-dinner1.jpgkeith's farm dinnerhttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/keiths-farm-crew21.jpgkeith's farm crew2With the lady of the house!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/keiths-farm-crew1.jpgKeith's farm crewClearly, we are all business.2012-09-11T19:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/08/16/catching-up-and-trying-to-write-a-tired-farmers-tale-by-farmer-liz/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo.jpgphotoGirl Power! Oh yeah, Matt actually ran this market, but didn't wear his purple color coordinated outfit so it hardly counts. 2012-08-16T11:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/07/26/the-metaphysical-upside-of-working-living-on-an-organic-farm-a-guest-post/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7190989460_7f1e5b4911.jpg7190989460_7f1e5b4911https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7190987638_c9225d849c.jpg7190987638_c9225d849chttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/6676816371_4e339b843c.jpg6676816371_4e339b843c2012-08-15T19:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/07/18/aphids-more-garlic-and-a-bit-of-a-drought/2012-07-20T13:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/07/10/garlic-harvest-comes-early/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/013.jpg013This is a wind row. Pretty, yes?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0121.jpg012Clearing out the fields.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/011.jpg011This truck has been filled with garlic more times than we can count now.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0101.jpg010https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0091.jpg009https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/022.jpg022https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/019.jpg019https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/017.jpg017https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/010.jpg010Even your arm hairs turn green.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/009.jpg009Florida Weaving turns you into a troll!2014-05-06T23:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/06/27/herbology-101/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/070.jpg070Matthew, delivering our lugs and lugs of scapes to the homeland.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0281.jpg028June showers bring onion flowers.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0211.jpg021Like so many things, I've never seen a squash like this before I came here.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0141.jpg014Feast your eyes on this, the first of many beautiful summer squashes!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/106.jpg106Tarragon - good for eggs, chicken and fish dishes, as well as salad dressings. Add it at the end when you're cooking because heat decreases its flavor. It's used in the base of a number of French dishes.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/105.jpg105Mya and Kobe accompanied me on my early morning herb tour, but failed to scare away any of the deer we saw because they were too busy goofing around. Slouches.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/098.jpg098Oregano - Allegedly our oregano isn't terribly flavorful, but man does it sell.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/097.jpg097Winter Savory - It's a little spinier than summer savory - good for cooking with beans.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/096.jpg096Garlic Chives - Folks do not appreciate garlic chives enough. Everyone wants regular chives. But these are great in eggs, tacos, and pretty much everything else we cook. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/094.jpg094Sorrel is a really tangy, very sour green that people throw into salads or puree into soup. Needs more study, but I'm interested.2012-07-05T18:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/06/20/scapes-market-and-colorado-potato-beetles/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/048.jpg048The swarm has arrived.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0461.jpg046Our collection of CPBs, aka Colorado Potato Beetles.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/045.jpg045They're getting closer!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0421.jpg042Roses from Luke and, did I mention these muffins from Matthew? Rosemary with raspberry sauce and feta cheese. Happy Birthday, Matt.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/038.jpg038Free carrots from Mario, cheap strawberries from Elliot, and delicious muffins a la Matthew.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0311.jpg031Check out our scapes for sale.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0203.jpg020Broccoli Rabe! Miss you, Philly.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0191.jpg019Tomatillos!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/015.jpg015Rediscovered Dill!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0132.jpg013Our totally cute herb signs for market, here nicely organized by our boss.2012-06-22T17:16:01+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/06/06/to-market-to-market/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0121.jpg012Years of interns have accumulated these cute little laminated signs that sort of explain what everything is (they key word being sort of - but most of them look totally adorable),https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0013.jpg001Here is our empty spot at Union Square. We were surrounded by other farmers and their trucks as they set up their own stands.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/028.jpg028We create a center aisle for our bunched greens - and they sold like wild. Things like lambs' quarters, which I hadn't ever heard of until we picked them from the unplowed fields, and stinging nettle, which grows wild around the farm, sold like crazy.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0241.jpg024And that, my friends, is how you set up a really accessible, adorable farmstand.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0231.jpg023https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/022.jpg022Flavia designed these beautiful herb displays - we have two, and we need to restock them fairly frequently, but they are just the prettiest.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0202.jpg020Our alliums go up front in a wooden crate display. The green garlic sold like wild, partly because the New York Times just wrote a couple articles about it.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0161.jpg016And, of course, for Keith's book and Table Magazine, in which he is a frequent contributor.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/013.jpg013We also set up three tables under the tent for our herbs, scales, cash registers and flowers. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/012.jpg0122012-06-16T15:48:26+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/06/01/farm-life-may-2012-a-photo-montage/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jay.jpgjayFarming - the new rock 'n roll lifestyle.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/my-farm.jpgmy farmMy farm - thinking about working this land makes my heart skip a beat in excitement.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/boys.jpgboysMatthew and Jay BoyHousing it up!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0201.jpg020Victory is at hand!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/019.jpg019Matt tackling our backyard.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/016.jpg016I learned how to use this giant DR mower, but I prefer when the boys mow and I cheer them on from the sidelines. https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/010.jpg010Oh, yeah. So Matt and I bought chickens the other day! Three Bantams - they are totally cute, right? Soon we will have two extra eggs every day. Keith's other chickens are all way bigger, but we think they'll be fine in the coop together.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0031.jpg003Chelsea even made rhubarb and mint ice cubes for our rhubarb tea, because she is amazing.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/002.jpg002Chelsea had off on Monday and proceeded to make us this amazing lunch - quiche, Keith salad with rhubarb vinaigrette, rhubarb ice tea. Man oh man.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0011.jpg001Our peas are growing!2012-06-03T20:32:57+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/28/tomatoes-harvest-day-and-jersey-cows/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0024.jpg002That's not a trick of the camera light - those are strings tied to the tomatoes from the ceiling. And yes, they'll get that tall.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0171.jpg017Cow Crossing!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0141.jpg014This is Noel, one of the two calves I've been visiting. Isn't she adorable?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0062.jpg0062012-05-30T00:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/20/garlic-peas-and-weekend-farming/2012-05-30T16:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/17/tools-of-the-trade/2012-06-01T20:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/14/thou-shallot-not-kill/2012-05-15T21:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/11/early-morning-running-tour/2012-05-13T00:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/09/onions-water-wheels-and-my-farm-life/2012-05-11T10:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/05/parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/024.jpg024Look at my darling early morning baker. He's the best!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/011.jpg011Our tomatoes say hello!https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/031.jpg031https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030.jpg030Drip irrigation and Layflat keep our little guys watered2012-05-09T00:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/03/greenhouses-compost-and-herb/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013.jpg013https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0101.jpg010We have several different kinds of soil on the farm - this is black dirt, and last week the boys planted rows of onions in it. Can't wait to eat 'em.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/005.jpg005Here it is in all its glory - our garlic. About 70,000 of it.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/001.jpg001Home Sweet Home!2012-05-03T16:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/05/01/roosters-and-potatoes-farming-day-1/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rooster.jpgroosterAfter a brief chase, the culprit was apprehended.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/all-blue.jpgall-blueThis year Keith bought his potatoes from Maine Potato Lady. Beautiful, right?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010.jpg010I cannot articulate how amazing this was. An honorable end for an honorable bird. And my cook housemates already blow me away.2012-05-01T14:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/04/28/so-long-south-philly/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/011.jpg011https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/002.jpg002Best mailman ever?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/008.jpg008https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001.jpg0012012-04-29T13:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/04/16/dreaming-of-dirt/2012-04-26T13:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/04/19/science/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/005.jpgDirt to TestHere is some dirt drying in my shower - the only sealed area of the house our cats wouldn't be able to sneak into. Victory, but only just (because who wants to shovel dirt into a shower?)https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/003.jpgBurpee Soil TestDoesn't just looking at this make you want to make one of those fizzy volcanoes from elementary school science class?https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled.jpgPenn State Soil TestThis is the soil test I sent in. See all those crazy science terms? Sheesh.2012-04-26T13:25:26+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/04/20/glenn-the-industrious/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/glenn.jpgViking GlennThis picture may have actually inspired me to take that Vikings class. True story.2012-04-26T13:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.com/2012/04/25/connecting-the-dots/https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pigs1.jpgpigshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pigs4.jpgpigs4The cutest little pigs you ever did see. I mean, besides Babe.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pigs3.jpgpigs3As I watched this 850-pound guy roll over for a belly rub, I knew I couldn't hack it on this farm - at least not yet. I may have to be a vegetarian veggie farmer for life.https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pigs2.jpgpigs2https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pigs.jpgpigshttps://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/imag0327.jpgIMAG0327https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/imag0329.jpgIMAG0329https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/imag0324.jpgIMAG0324https://farmerliz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/imag0322.jpgIMAG03222012-04-26T13:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://farmerliz.comdaily1.02025-04-04T12:49:43+00:00