Our Garlic & Artisan Products
At Snickers Run Farm, our gourmet garlic is grown using natural and sustainable farming practices that prioritize soil health and long-term stewardship of the land.
We specialize in hard-neck garlic varieties, including our signature Bluemont Music, German Extra Hardy, Chesnok Red, and other carefully selected cultivars known for bold flavor and strong performance in our mountain climate. Whether for planting or the kitchen, we take great pride in offering garlic that is both healthy and exceptionally delicious.
While we are not certified organic, we follow organic and regenerative principles with the belief that healthy soil produces healthy plants. We enrich our fields with composted cow manure from our farm and beneficial soil probiotics to build living, biologically active soil. When additional inputs are necessary, we use only OMRI Listed® products approved for certified organic production. We rely on crop rotation, companion planting, and seasonal mustard cover crops — a natural bio-fumigant — to help manage soil-borne pathogens and promote plant vitality.
To conserve moisture and control weeds, we grow our garlic in raised beds with mulch and drip irrigation. Fed by nutrient-rich soil and pure mountain water flowing from the Blue Ridge above our farm, our garlic develops deep, complex flavor. Every bulb is carefully selected, planted, tended, and harvested by hand — producing tender green garlic, flavorful scapes, and premium gourmet bulbs.
Snickers Run Farm is also a permitted and inspected food processing operation under the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). Our certified production facility allows us to transform our farm-grown garlic into carefully crafted, value-added products.
In addition to fresh garlic, we produce:
• Small-batch garlic powders
• Black garlic
• Garlic salts and seasoning blends
• Pickled garlic scapes
• Artisan pickles, including our signature black garlic varieties
Each product is developed with the same attention to quality and integrity that defines our farming practices. From soil to finished jar, we maintain full control over sourcing, formulation, and processing to ensure safety, consistency, and exceptional flavor. As our product line continues to grow, we work closely with Virginia Tech food process authorities and state regulators to ensure that all recipes and processes meet required food safety and acidified food standards.
Tips on How to Plant Garlic:
Garlic is fun to grow and you can do it too!
Garlic is best planted in the Fall (4-6 weeks) before freeze. Usually Mid October.
Garlic loves to grow and develops strong roots over the winter.
Garlic needs nutrients so fertilize your soil with a good all-purpose fertilizer or compost combination.
Separate the cloves from each bulb.
You can choose to do a clove treatment or fertilizer soak with a fish fertilizer to give them a head start to increases plant health,& bulb size.
Plant garlic in well prepared soil about 2-3" deep and space 6-9". Place the clove tip up and root side down. Use a dibbler to make the holes.
Cover with approximately 1-2” of soil and 3-6” of mulch over the garlic and wait until spring.
Garlic does not like weeds so weed, weed, weed!
Green garlic can be harvested in the Spring.
Garlic Scapes should be cut in the AM and when the scape has made one full curl.
Garlic is harvested when a plant has 5 full green leaves remaining or 50% of the leaves have died off from the bottom of the plant.
Never pull your garlic out of the ground. Always dig!
Cure your Garlic bulbs out of the sun in an area with good air circulation until dry - about 3 weeks. You can hang or use racks. Enjoy!
