Map of Sweetwater Organic Community Farm
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We started our tour "Across the Creek." This area is comprised of one long skinny rectangle of a field.
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Roberto, our guide, showed us the veggies, and gave us an overview of the farming methods and systems used at Sweetwater.
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In this large field, plants grow in vertical rows, with walking rows cutting vertically and twice horizontally for access.
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Looking south onto the "Across the Creek" fields.
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Spring water is pumped up to holding tanks, where it is piped to sprinkler heads in the fields.
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The North Garden, with the greenhouse visible in the background.
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Seeds are started in the greenhouse in flats.
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Once the seedlings have become young plants, they are transferred to the fields.
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