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The Valley Ledger is excited to share a passage from our newest contributor Liz Wagner of Crooked Row Farm<\/a><\/span>…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Until I was about 23, I absolutely hated winter. Call it seasonal depression, all it spring fever, call it what you will, but I would skip classes, blow off work and hunker down in\u00a0my bed, reading the days away and re-watching our old VHS tapes.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n But in the last few years I\u2019ve come to embrace this season of hibernation. The farm body is ready for it, and by November and the ending of the CSA season I was collapsing in\u00a0my bed before dark and sleeping twelve hours a night. It was glorious. As for the cold? I want it \u2013 give\u00a0me\u00a0more of it. Cold and snow kill pests and disease and weed seed \u2013 snow and snow and snow, Winter. I\u2019m ready.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n So it\u2019s been great to be enveloped out here on the western edge of the county, if only for a couple of days. I even ventured out with the dogs today \u2013 who absolutely love the snow \u2013 and they expressed my happiness with hours of crazy dog snow playing antics. Followed by big naps, of course. Did I mention I love winter now?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n … click here to continue this article at Liz’s website and learn more about her and her CSA Crooked Row Farm<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Valley Ledger is excited to share a passage from our newest contributor Liz Wagner of Crooked Row Farm… Until I was about 23, I absolutely hated winter. Call … Continue reading In the Winter, We Dream and We\u00a0Organize – By: Liz Wagner<\/span> You can connect with Liz on Facebook!<\/span><\/u><\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/span><\/u><\/a>, and Instagram<\/span><\/u><\/a> \u2013 @thefarmerliz<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Join Liz at her event this weekend –
\nEating In The Valley: Building Your Own Food Community<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n