
…and now for something completely different…
At dawn
Canoe bow waves are quickly lost
on the shoreside
But go on out of sight
on the lake side.
-1986
The constant swish-swish of skis
On a day long ski.
The constant swish-swish of wiper blades
On a day long drive.
-1990
My dog, trotting barefoot
Steps on a garden slug
And thinks
Nothing of it.
-1999
Word spreads quickly
as I approach the pond.
All becomes quiet.
-1997
Hidden in the vines
a large warted cucumber
jumps out of reach.
A toad!
-1997
Delicate puffs
of marshmallow snow
carefully perched
on a branch,
await the trigger of my hat
to melt their way down my back.
-2010
Deep in the tomato jungle
Fruits of yellow, purple and red
Tell of their readiness
To go to market.
-2010
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![[Snakeroot Organic Farm]](pix/sof.gif)
on the Snakeroot Road in Pittsfield, Maine
27 Organic Farm Road, Pittsfield ME 04967 ph (207) 487-5056
Gardeners to the public since 1995.
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![[Tom & Lois Oct-09 pic]](pix/TomAndLois_09_300.jpg)
lois@snakeroot.net or
tom@snakeroot.net |
Snakeroot Organic Farm is a MOFGA certified
organic farm with five acres of gardens producing mixed vegetables, fruits, perennials and herbs. We also operate
a 300 tap maple sugarbush and six greenhouses for producing seedlings and early and late vegetables. Tom and Lois
have been farming together since 1990, and have over 40 years combined experience growing organically in Maine.
Learn all you wanted to know about our farm (and more!) by using the menu on the left. We believe it is important
not only to let the public know in detail how we farm, but to be an information resource to other farms, new or
not so new. Over the years we have learned a tremendous amount from others and this is one way we can repay our
debt to the agricultural community at large.
We have been building this website since 1998, each year adding pages and photos during the (relatively) less
busy winter months. Today, there are over 50 pages included here. We have found that this website performs three
functions: 1) Promotion of our farm and its products; 2) Providing information and education to anyone interested
in growing on a small scale; and 3) A journal of how the farm has developed over the years—the website has
become our primary way or recording this for our own records.
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![[Tom and Lois at Trailer]](pix/L-TATTRA.jpg)
Lois and Tom with the trailer we hauled to market behind our Honda Civic when we began farming
here in '95.
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