Snakeroot Organic Farm
~ A Pictorial Tour ~

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"Gardeners to the public since 1995."

The sign at the end of our driveway.

	Looking back toward the houses, this is a view of carrots and lettuce in the Upper Garden. The rows are 225 feet long. Peas-vetch-oats summer cover crop is on the left.
By late May wintered over parsley (left) and Swiss chard (right) are going to seed in the sunroom attached to our home. We removed these soon after this photo and replaced them with cherry tomatoes and cukes for the summer.
	The Greenhouse in late April. In the foreground are summer squashes soon ready to be transplanted outdoors. On the right is the potting table where all the work gets done. Growing in the raised beds are beet greens, lettuce, carrots and summer turnips. Planting in the ground in the greenhouse starts in February for harvests starting in mid-May when the farmer's markets open.
In early May Tom inspects the overwintered garlic which is already a foot high. Planted from garlic rounds instead of cloves, the bulbs will be harvested in early August. In July the "scapes" (curly-cue tops of the garlic plants) are cut and brought to market for an early taste of fresh real garlic.
	We grow three rows of lettuce on a bed (green in the foreground, red in backround). On the right are radishes and beet greens, covered with floating row covers to protect against the flea beetles. Beyond the row covers is the hayfield where we cut hay mulch for tomatoes and celery.