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    • Beans
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    • Bok Choy
      • Bok Choy Recipe Contest Entries
        • Bok Choy Kimchi Salad (Geotjeori)
        • Crunchy Bok Choy Slaw
        • Bok Choy, Carrot, and Apple Slaw
        • Gingery Stir-Fried Chicken and Bok Choy
        • Bok Choy Risotto with Coconut Milk
        • Turmeric Coconut Bok Choy
        • Indonesian Rice Bowl
    • Broccoli
    • Cabbage
    • Carrots
    • Collards
    • Cucumbers
    • Dill
    • Eggplant
    • Fava Beans
    • Fennel
    • Garlic Scapes
    • Ginger
    • Herbs
    • Kale
      • Chestnut Lasagna with Butternut Squash and Kale
      • Kale Salad with Buttermilk Dressing and Shaved Parmesan
    • Kohlrabi
      • Kohlrabi Recipe Contest
        • Kohlrabi Noodles with Tataki Cabbage or Kale
        • Kohlrabi Salad with Sesame Ginger Viniagrette
        • Crispy Apple and Kohlrabi Salad
        • Kohlrabi, Apple, and Beetroot Salad
        • Kohlrabi Home Fries
        • Roasted Kohlrabi with Parmesan
        • Kohlrabi Risotto
        • Mashed Kohlrabi and Potatoes
        • Knol Khol Poriyal
        • Kale and Kohlrabi Salad
        • Apple Kohlrabi Salad
        • Kohlrabi Zucchini Carrot Fritters with Herb Yogurt Sauce
    • Lemongrass
    • Mustard Greens
    • Napa Cabbage
    • Okra
    • Parsley
    • Peppers
    • Radishes
    • Rainbow Chard
    • Rapini
    • Roselle
    • Salad
    • Sorrel
    • Spring Onions
    • Strawberries
    • Summer Squash
    • Sweet Potato
    • Tomatoes
    • Cherry Tomatoes
    • Turnips
    • Winter Squash
      • Delicata
      • Kabocha
      • spaghetti squash
    • Watermelon
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  • About Snow's Bend
    • Our Farm
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    • Our Livestock
  • Join Our CSA
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  • Our Harvest
  • Find Our Produce
  • News from the Bend
  • Contact Us
  • Our Growing Practicies
  • Recipe Index
    • Beans
    • Beets
    • Bok Choy
      • Bok Choy Recipe Contest Entries
        • Bok Choy Kimchi Salad (Geotjeori)
        • Crunchy Bok Choy Slaw
        • Bok Choy, Carrot, and Apple Slaw
        • Gingery Stir-Fried Chicken and Bok Choy
        • Bok Choy Risotto with Coconut Milk
        • Turmeric Coconut Bok Choy
        • Indonesian Rice Bowl
    • Broccoli
    • Cabbage
    • Carrots
    • Collards
    • Cucumbers
    • Dill
    • Eggplant
    • Fava Beans
    • Fennel
    • Garlic Scapes
    • Ginger
    • Herbs
    • Kale
      • Chestnut Lasagna with Butternut Squash and Kale
      • Kale Salad with Buttermilk Dressing and Shaved Parmesan
    • Kohlrabi
      • Kohlrabi Recipe Contest
        • Kohlrabi Noodles with Tataki Cabbage or Kale
        • Kohlrabi Salad with Sesame Ginger Viniagrette
        • Crispy Apple and Kohlrabi Salad
        • Kohlrabi, Apple, and Beetroot Salad
        • Kohlrabi Home Fries
        • Roasted Kohlrabi with Parmesan
        • Kohlrabi Risotto
        • Mashed Kohlrabi and Potatoes
        • Knol Khol Poriyal
        • Kale and Kohlrabi Salad
        • Apple Kohlrabi Salad
        • Kohlrabi Zucchini Carrot Fritters with Herb Yogurt Sauce
    • Lemongrass
    • Mustard Greens
    • Napa Cabbage
    • Okra
    • Parsley
    • Peppers
    • Radishes
    • Rainbow Chard
    • Rapini
    • Roselle
    • Salad
    • Sorrel
    • Spring Onions
    • Strawberries
    • Summer Squash
    • Sweet Potato
    • Tomatoes
    • Cherry Tomatoes
    • Turnips
    • Winter Squash
      • Delicata
      • Kabocha
      • spaghetti squash
    • Watermelon
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snow's bend farm

Our  Growing  practices

​Our goal is to grow food that our children can eat right out of the ground with no worries.
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FERTILITY
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Snow’s bend is located on a bend of the Black Warrior River.  Riverbottom soil is some of the most fertile soil and ideal for agriculture.  Our soil type is Tuscaloosa Choccolocco and looks like chocolate.

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We maintain fertility through regular cover cropping.  A cover crop is a crop that is planted for reasons other than harvesting.  As the name suggests, it covers the soil while there is no cash crop.  This prevents soil loss from wind and/or rain erosion.  It also suppresses weeds that may otherwise be growing there.
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When we mow a cover crop, we let it break down right there.  This is an easy way of incorporating compost into the soil, sometimes referred to as “green manure”.
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​Cover crops have many other functions as well.  Leguminous cover crops fix nitrogen to the soil with the help of a rhizobial bacteria.  Sunflowers deep tap root is able to draw nutrients up from the depths of the soil to the top 6 inches where cash crops can access them.  Some cover crops release allelopathic compounds which can prevent weed seeds from ever germinating.
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After these practices, for a little added boost we use organically approved fertilizers.

Snow's Bend Farm ~ Coker, Alabama ~ 205-394-3561
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  • Home
  • About Snow's Bend
    • Our Farm
    • virtual tour
    • Our Livestock
  • Join Our CSA
    • CSA Terms
  • Work With Us
  • Our Harvest
  • Find Our Produce
  • News from the Bend
  • Contact Us
  • Our Growing Practicies
  • Recipe Index
    • Beans
    • Beets
    • Bok Choy
      • Bok Choy Recipe Contest Entries
        • Bok Choy Kimchi Salad (Geotjeori)
        • Crunchy Bok Choy Slaw
        • Bok Choy, Carrot, and Apple Slaw
        • Gingery Stir-Fried Chicken and Bok Choy
        • Bok Choy Risotto with Coconut Milk
        • Turmeric Coconut Bok Choy
        • Indonesian Rice Bowl
    • Broccoli
    • Cabbage
    • Carrots
    • Collards
    • Cucumbers
    • Dill
    • Eggplant
    • Fava Beans
    • Fennel
    • Garlic Scapes
    • Ginger
    • Herbs
    • Kale
      • Chestnut Lasagna with Butternut Squash and Kale
      • Kale Salad with Buttermilk Dressing and Shaved Parmesan
    • Kohlrabi
      • Kohlrabi Recipe Contest
        • Kohlrabi Noodles with Tataki Cabbage or Kale
        • Kohlrabi Salad with Sesame Ginger Viniagrette
        • Crispy Apple and Kohlrabi Salad
        • Kohlrabi, Apple, and Beetroot Salad
        • Kohlrabi Home Fries
        • Roasted Kohlrabi with Parmesan
        • Kohlrabi Risotto
        • Mashed Kohlrabi and Potatoes
        • Knol Khol Poriyal
        • Kale and Kohlrabi Salad
        • Apple Kohlrabi Salad
        • Kohlrabi Zucchini Carrot Fritters with Herb Yogurt Sauce
    • Lemongrass
    • Mustard Greens
    • Napa Cabbage
    • Okra
    • Parsley
    • Peppers
    • Radishes
    • Rainbow Chard
    • Rapini
    • Roselle
    • Salad
    • Sorrel
    • Spring Onions
    • Strawberries
    • Summer Squash
    • Sweet Potato
    • Tomatoes
    • Cherry Tomatoes
    • Turnips
    • Winter Squash
      • Delicata
      • Kabocha
      • spaghetti squash
    • Watermelon
  • Shirts, Hats, and More
  • Farm Tours