books: harvesting the

books: harvesting the

books:

Harvesting the

The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants

Samuel Thayer

Forager's Harvest Press, 2006

Good Book
While this book doesn't cover a huge variety of wild edidbles the text and pictures on the ones it does cover are very useful. It is obvious that the author has actually collected the plants he is writting about. It is great that he offers new information on many of ...

Apple Picking Time (Dragonfly Books)

Michele B. Slawson

Dragonfly Books, 1998

Magical Writing
Upon reading the book to my 3rd grade class my students were mesmerized. They loved the pictures, the writing was easy to understand, and the story line came alive. Ray does an excellent job with the illustrations - they complement the author's beautiful words. ...

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Kathleen Krull

Harcourt Children's Books, 2003

Si Se Puede
Let's begin by saying that the drawings are super and captivating. Yuyi Morales creates characters that show emotion and the result is a drawing of emotion from the young reader. As the title implies this is the story of Cesar Chavez who many adults came to know about ...

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places

Steve Brill

Harper Paperbacks, 1994

Fantastic book
This is one fantastic book. It is loaded with information that has helped me find plants on my land that I would have never noticed. A must book to have.

Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape

Nigel Dunnett, Andy Clayden

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2007

A great book on sustainable design!
As some of you may know, the LEED building rating system focuses on 6 key areas: Sustainable site development (SS), water savings/efficiency (WE), energy & atmosphere (EA), materials and resource (MR), indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and innovations & design ...

Harvesting Dreams: Hundertwasser for Kids
Barbara Stieff

Prestel USA, 2008

Painting is to dream, said Hundertwasser. When the dream is over, I don t remember anything I dreamed about. The painting, however, remains. It is the harvest of my dream. This statement is at the heart of this engaging introduction to the work of the eccentric artist, humanitarian, environmentalist, and architect who dedicated his life to the ...

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape

Brad Lancaster

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006

Wonderful, readable, and essential
This is an incredible study of a topic that most of us don't think about much, that is, how we are wasting our rainwater, and what we could be doing instead. This is required reading for anyone who cares about the environment. Best, the book is highly readable, ...

Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse

Heather Kinkade-Levario

New Society Publishers, 2007

An Excellent Resource
I am recomming this book to my customers who are considering rainwater collection. The book contains detailed explanation of collecting rainwater as well as conveyance and storage. The only downside, from my perspective, is that the purification section is deficient. ...

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2): Water-Harvesting Earthworks
Brad Lancaster

Rainsource Press, 2007

Turn water scarcity into water abundance! Earthworks are one of the easiest, least expensive, and most effective ways of passively harvesting and conserving multiple sources of water in the soil. Associated vegetation then pumps the harvested water back out in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, and passive heating and cooling ...

Harvesting the Heart: A Novel

Jodi Picoult

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995

My favorite book in many yearws
WOW! What an amazing and well crafted book. I was hooked from the first line and couldn't put it down. When I finished the last sentence of the last page, I was left wanting more. I was so invested in Nicholas and Paige that I wanted an epilogue. A glance into their ...

Harvest (John Deere Fun Flaps)

DK Publishing

DK CHILDREN, 2007

Functional and fun for toddlers and babies
I picked this book up for my daughter (11 months) at the Kroger grocery thinking it would be a good book to incorperate into the books for the fall season. We began to read the book and she loves it. It is the same functional format and publisher as the books Words in ...

Size Transitions in Congregations (Harvesting the Learnings) (Harvesting the Learnings Series)

The Alban Institute, 2001

Organizational growth dynamics
Gaede thinks through the social dynamics that create organizational size barriers and the internal changes that need to be made to navigate the size change. Compliments Alice Mann and Routhage's work and helps the leader of an organization seeking to change to a larger ...

Gardening for Life - The Biodynamic Way: A Practical Introduction to a New Art of Gardening, Sowing, ...

Maria Thun

Hawthorn Press, 2000

Putting Spirituality into Gardening
Translated from German, GARDENING FOR LIFE, THE BIODYNAMIC WAY is easy reading with beautiful full-colored pictures on just about every page. Maria explains that when we plant a seed we are ENTRUSTING that seed to the care of the Energy of the zodiac constellation the ...

Kitchen Garden A to Z: Growing, Harvesting, Buying, Storing

Mike McGrath, Gordon Smith

Harry N. Abrams, 2004

My new favorite veggie picture book
There is a place in my home for a coffee table book about gardening. It's on the coffee table, where it can be admired and browsed by family and visitors, or maybe just by me when I am in the mood to look at gorgeous pictures of garden produce and dream about next ...

Bone Biology, Harvesting, & Grafting For Dental Implants: Rationale and Clinical Applications

Arun K. Garg

Quintessence Publishing (IL), 2004

Highly recommended
Excellently written, cleverly organized and richly illustrated book that can be considered a very valuable addition to the library of surgical residents and seasoned clinicians involved in advanced bone grafting.