The Peaceful Nursery


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As a new parent, the nursery is the most important room in your home, and designing this special space is also an opportunity to prepare, mentally and physically, for the changes to come. In The Peaceful Nursery, home and lifestyle experts Laura Forbes Carlin and Alison Forbes show you how to apply the best principles of home decorating, Feng Shui, and healthy living (as well as their own parenting experience!) to create a warm and welcoming environment for your new baby. Also included: 12 Steps to Clearing Clutter…Tips for storage and organization…Colors that soothe… Arranging parent bedrooms…and much, much more! Featuring dozens of color photographs and helpful diagrams, plus a Quick Tips section at the end of each chapter, The Peaceful Nursery: Preparing a Home for Your Baby with Feng Shui is the ultimate guide to creating beautiful and nurturing surroundings for you and your baby.




The Berry Grower


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Dig into the fruits of your labor! Profitable, innovative organic fruit farming strategies and skills for modern growers of any scale AN INNOVATIVE GUIDE for growing and marketing organic small fruits and berries, The Berry Grower offers intelligent strategies and solutions for successful small-scale, non-chemical fruit production in the 21st century. Coverage includes: History, innovations, and 21st century challenges in modern fruit farming Creating your own market farming reality Farm planning for efficiency and profitability Factoring in climate change, drought, and extreme weather Soil fertility, efficient weed management, and organic pest control Modern tools of the trade for efficiency Harvesting, fruit handling, and packing Fruit profiles including raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, figs, tomatoes, and more, including new cultivars Innovative marketing methods and thinking beyond fresh fruit with multi-product strategies to maximize profit Learn from other experts through interviews with successful growers and marketers from diverse areas around the USA. From the market garden and small farm to the homestead and backyard, The Berry Grower is the essential guide for both new and aspiring organic small fruit growers and seasoned farmers looking to produce high- quality organic fruits and products for local markets and self-sufficiency.




Backyard Fruit Production


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Utilize your backyard so it becomes productive and useful . . . Attain self-sufficiency without adding more acres . . . Discover the delight and convenience of tree-ripened fruit . . . Enjoy a safe, healthful harvest of season-long goodness.This illustrated guide reveals the possibility of fruit growing success using a nurseryman's common sense approach to home-orcharding. It contains a basic step-by-step format to take you from planting to harvesting.Whether you are an optimistic beginner or an experienced fruit grower . . . if you appreciate earth-sensitive methods . . . this book is for you!




Pawpaws


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“With this valuable book, you can pawpaw your own food forests, restoring the diversity, abundance, and climate we all need.” —Albert Bates, permaculture instructor, ecovillage designer, author of The Biochar Solution Pawpaws is the first in-depth guide to small-scale commercial cultivation of pawpaws. Also known as Indiana bananas or hipster bananas, this almost forgotten fruit, native to North America, is making a huge comeback with foodies, chefs, craft brewers, and discerning fruit-lovers. Written by, and for, the organic grower, coverage includes: Botany and the cultural history of pawpaws Orchard siting and planning Choosing the best-quality nursery trees Descriptions of over fifty cultivars Propagation and organic growing tips Pests and disease management Marketing and selling fresh pawpaws, seeds, and starts Processing and producing value-added products. Get ahead of the farming curve, diversify your orchard or food forest, and discover the commercial potential of America’s almost forgotten native fruit with this comprehensive manual to small-scale commercial pawpaw production. “Blake Cothron is an authority on pawpaws and provides a clear, detailed guide for commercial success in growing this ‘oddly appealing species’ (his own words). The supply of this exotic, trending, easy-to-grow fruit has not yet met the demand. Blake shares the wealth of his knowledge, including challenges—and when he doesn’t know, he says so (it’s probable that others don’t know either).” —Pam Dawling, author of Sustainable Market Farming “The pawpaw’s revival is long overdue. Blake Cothron’s Pawpaws will help bring about the day when fragrant fruit is no longer a rare treat, but a regular part of our seasonal diet.” —Darrell E. Frey, Three Sisters Farm, author of Bioshelter Market Garden




Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights


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A primer for peaceful protest, resistance, and activism from the author of Rodzilla and Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag. Protesting. Standing up for what’s right. Uniting around the common good—kids have questions about all of these things they see and hear about each day. Through sparse and lyrical writing, Rob Sanders introduces abstract concepts like “fighting for what you believe in” and turns them into something actionable. Jared Schorr’s bold, bright illustrations brings the resistance to life making it clear that one person can make a difference. And together, we can accomplish anything.




Our Peaceful Classroom


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Children describe many of the things they learn and do at their school which uses the methods developed by Maria Montessori.




Your Perfect Nursery


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Design the safe, beautiful, functional nursery of your dreams with this inspiring and interactive step-by-step guide from renowned nursery interior designer and founder of Little Crown Interiors, Naomi Coe. Making room for baby has never looked so good. Congratulations! You’ve got a little one on the way! As you dive into What to Expect When You’re Expecting and your nesting instincts jump into hyperdrive, there’s something exciting on your mind: The Nursery! Specifically, figuring out how to create a nursery like the ones you’ve seen online and on social media while dealing with changing hormones and constant stress about not getting it right, on time, and within budget. Those Instagram nurseries look so perfect: the gorgeous crib, stylish décor, and just enough coziness…how did they do it? Enter Naomi Coe. As the award-winning founder of Little Crown Interiors, and one of the first designers in the country to specialize in nursery design, Naomi is no stranger to creating beautiful nurseries or answering the questions overwhelmed parents-to-be often have: -How do I find a crib that looks great, but is also safe? -Should I use blackout curtains or sheer curtains, and what length? -Is it worth it to invest in a trend like wallpaper? -Can I buy this secondhand? -How can I repurpose a space for older or future children? In Your Perfect Nursery, parents-to-be will be showered with advice for identifying their style and personalizing décor, creating a functional floor plan, budgeting and project management, and more—all while ensuring safety is the number one priority. Parents will breathe easy knowing they have a single, organized resource to consult with in this accessible, step-by-step handbook. Featuring checklists, a floor plan guide, budget tips, and more than 150 stunning photographs to inspire parents-to-be, Your Perfect Nursery is the ultimate step-by-step roadmap for designing this special space, no matter your budget or style.




I Am Peace


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When the world feels chaotic, find peace within through an accessible mindfulness practice from the bestselling picture-book dream team that brought us I Am Yoga. Express emotions through direct speech. Find empathy through imagination. Connect with the earth. Wonder at the beauty of the natural world. Breathe, taste, smell, touch, and be present. Perfect for the classroom or for bedtime, Susan Verde’s gentle, concrete narration and Peter H. Reynolds’s expressive watercolor illustrations bring the tenets of mindfulness to a kid-friendly level. Featuring an author’s note about the importance of mindfulness and a guided meditation for children, I Am Peace will help readers of all ages feel grounded and restored.




Feng Shui Mommy


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Impending motherhood serves up a confusing cocktail of heroic strength and terrifying vulnerability. Our culture has seized on the “vulnerability” part of this experience and tends to reinforce a pregnant woman’s insecurities instead of encouraging her to embrace this most natural time and trust her body, her intuition, and her own mind. Feng Shui Mommy takes a different approach, helping the expecting mother build her own unique, epic journey to motherhood. It’s about supporting her while she shores up her mind-body-spirit alignment so she can best handle the cosmic kick in the uterus and juicy kiss on the soul that pregnancy is. Bailey Gaddis guides women through the experience, providing specific suggestions for mind, body, and spirit for each trimester (including the “fourth,” after birth), leading to birth preparation designed for each mother and baby, and culminating in strong mother-child bonding. She includes detailed and practical information about prenatal exercise and nutrition, birth preferences and birthing positions, breath work, breastfeeding, and much more. Her advice allows mothers to welcome delight and curiosity into the journey while taking each phase with purpose and calm — and even a sense of fun. This comprehensive guide makes challenge and change joyful, allowing new life to be as incomparably wonder-filled as it is meant to be.




Justice of the Peace


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