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СпутникиРНSpaceXРоскосмосNASAHello, My husband and I opened a small nursery on property that we purchased two years ago adjacent to our home. The property included a horse barn that had not been used for over 20 years which we turned into a nursery barn. We set aside a portion of the property to grow field crops. The field had been maintained as grass for 20 years prior to our purchasing the land. This is our second year growing corn in the field. We used cardboard and covered the cardboard with mulch after lasts years crop to try and suppress the regrowth of the grass but this year the grass came back quickly and has been competing heavily with the corn. We are using sustainable growing techniques and do not use chemicals. This year we seeded 19 rows of sweet corn, one row of Sunflowers, one row of zuccini and pumpkins, a row of watermelon, and cantaloupe grown from seed. The only pesticides we use are Jerusalem Artichoke concentrate which is growing on the same row as the watermelon and cantaloupe, and Neem oil.
We would be interested in participating in your research and switch from corn to hemp for next season if you would consider us. I intend to apply a cover crop after harvest this fall to the entire field accept the portion that has the Jerusalem Artichoke.
I am an Internal Medicine physician, vegetarian, and have been a long term supporter of Neal Barnard and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. I retired from active practice a year ago to start a sustainable nursery with my husband, Larry.n I make my own peat free soil mixes and have a worm farm on the property. We also grow a selection of natives, herbs, perennials in addition to selling houseplants, cactus, succulents.
I have recently introduced nature therapy as one of the Nursery's offering.
Our website is Richternursery.net
We have a watering system for the field and the field is enclosed with a deer fence since we back up onto a nature preserve.
Thank you for teaching farmers how to grow using sustainable techniques.
Sincerely,
Stasia