Map of Sweetwater Organic Community Farm *

We started our tour "Across the Creek." This area is comprised of one long skinny rectangle of a field. *

Roberto, our guide, showed us the veggies, and gave us an overview of the farming methods and systems used at Sweetwater. *

In this large field, plants grow in vertical rows, with walking rows cutting vertically and twice horizontally for access. *

Looking south onto the "Across the Creek" fields.

Spring water is pumped up to holding tanks, where it is piped to sprinkler heads in the fields. *

The North Garden, with the greenhouse visible in the background. *

Seeds are started in the greenhouse in flats. *

Once the seedlings have become young plants, they are transferred to the fields. *