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Nature of Operation:
sustainable
Markets Served:
- CSAs
- Farmers Markets
- On Farm/Farm Stand
- Export
- Producer Coop
- Value-Added Processing
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Product Categories:
Vegetables Value-added products Farm supplies/services Agritourism
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Farm Description:
My 3 acre farm is 100% no-till, sustainable, borderless raised beds. I'm being using compost on my farm for over 7 years. I use my homemade compost as a mulch, soil amendment, and an ingredient in various aerated compost tea brews on my vegetables, flowers, and herbs.
Practices:
I use cover crops like crimson clover, hairy vetch, winter peas, buckwheat, sunflowers, beans, summer peas, and radishes.I don't do any crop rotations on my beds. However, I do intensive companion planting with various herbs and cover crops.
Describe your product specialties and highlights:
My main crop is my premium homemade compost that I sell to local farmers. My next biggest crops are tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash.
Where we sell our products:
I sell my compost product to various farm feed supply stores and to students in my organic gardening classes.
Web/Mail Order Items:
I sell premium homemade compost on my farm. I sell it by the 50 lb bag and by the truck load. I also sell tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers. I also teach various organic gardening classes at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and various Master Gardening clu
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