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The use of plasticulture in agriculture is growing rapidly, perhaps nowhere more visibly than around Almería in southern Spain. The eastern approaches to Almería, north of the airport, are densely covered, as is a large area further northeast, surrounding the towns of Campohermoso, Los Pipaces and Los Grillos (close to Níjar ).
The house is currently undergoing reinstallation and refurnishing to more accurately reflect the years of the Nourse residence (1804–13). In 2006, the Dumbarton House Board commissioned an in-depth study of the Nourses' furnishings and decorative style. Information was drawn from Nourse family correspondence and Joseph Nourse's account books.
Walter Bailey Nourse (November 5, 1853 – March 4, 1906) was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, to Benjamin Bailey Nourse, a contractor and builder, and Mary Elizabeth Nourse, née Longley. He was a direct descendant of Rebecca Nurse , who was executed for witchcraft in Salem in 1692. [ 3 ]
Elizabeth Nourse (October 26, 1859 – October 8, 1938) was a realist-style [1] genre, portrait, and landscape painter born in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, in the Cincinnati ...
Plastic mulch is a product used in plasticulture in a similar fashion to mulch, to suppress weeds and conserve water in crop production and landscaping. Certain plastic mulches also act as a barrier to keep methyl bromide, both a powerful fumigant and ozone depleter, in the soil. Crops grow through slits or holes in thin plastic sheeting.
Tanaka Farms educates the general public about "responsible farming methods", such as crop rotation, companion planting, and composting. The farm uses Organic Materials Review Institute-approved pesticides. They also handle water efficiently by using reclaimed water, plasticulture, and underground drip irrigation.
Bob Nourse purchased The Bombay Company of Canada, which was a single store at the time, in 1979. [1] The Bombay Company grew to 450 stores with net sales of US$317 million for 1994. [ 1 ] Nourse guided The Bombay Company to its successful listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 1993.
The first Nourse Line ship was the 839-ton sailing ship Ganges built by William Pile of Sunderland and launched on 9 July 1861. Ganges was considered a large vessel for her time and had a figurehead beneath the bowsprit represented Mother Ganges a symbol of fertility. She was the first of many Nourse Line vessels to be named after rivers.