Books

Dear Hobie: Letters to My Heart Dog is a dog grief book for adults. A tender, inspirational memoir for adults experiencing dog loss grief. It's for any adult pet parent who has ever loved and lost a once-in-a-lifetime dog. Through each letter, this book honors the joy of loving deeply, the pain of saying goodbye, and the comfort found in remembering. Its inspirational message recounts how one woman rebuilt her life after multiple losses.Inside these pages, you’ll find:A dog grief...

The most readable booklet on water ever published. It gives the reasons for using distilled water for drinking and cooking. It reveals that you can consume some 450 pounds of inorganic minerals from some tap and well water in your lifetime. Learn what is really in your water and why it is important to your health and longevity. Distilled water is the answer to remove all impurities.

This stimulating book provides a highly practical window into the complex, interdependent relationships between soil, plants, animals, and human beings, including special insight into the fascinating life cycle of healthy soils and the imminent dangers we face should their existence become threatened. Poor agricultural practices are draining our soils of nutrients and microorganisms. Depletion of the humus is already described as extreme in some areas. Hennig addresses all components of the soil microorganisms, microbes, soil nutrients, and minerals and explores...

This comprehensive guide takes you step-by-step through the whole process of how to start and operate a successful organic plant growing business using containers. Chapters thoroughly cover such topics as: start-up, greenhouse options, certification/licenses/fees, botany basics, growing container plants, making compost, disease and pest management, demonstration gardens, marketing and merchandising, dealing with employees, and safety. Appendices include example activity logs and forms, instructions for making a soil-texture analysis, and even tips for creating a simple employee handbook. An extensive list...

This booklet is packed with knowledge that will help you grow superior examples of this profitable crop. You will learn: how bacteria helps your crop grow better; how to drought-proof your soil; whether herbicides and pesticides are really necessary; and what place hydrogen peroxide has on your farm. This slender volume can lead soybean producers to fat profits!

In this breakthrough work — now available in English for the first time — the independent German-Norwegian explorer of soil life, graduate permaculture designer and graduate engineer Herwig Pommeresche shares his lifetime of research into humus. His entire career has focused on the theory and practice of humus management in gardening and farming. Digging deep into a myriad of little-known research papers, he compares their findings with the usual conventional methods. He found we have an inadequate understanding of the...

Dr. Paul Dettloff’s Complete Guide to Raising Animals Organically is a hands-on reference for anyone at any level of experience who is interested in helping ruminants achieve optimal health naturally. During the course of the author’s half-century career he has watched as the natural care of ruminants was lost to the high-tech methods of the modern industrial farm. Hormones, chemicals and manufactured feed replaced the mineral-rich pastures and natural animal care of the past. Building on his modern-day classic Alternative...

Bringing Our Tears to the RiverIn times of deep loss, it’s easy to feel adrift—cut off from the flow of life, from hope, from ourselves. Bringing Our Tears to the River offers a gentle yet powerful path through grief, guided by the healing practices of Chi Kung, Zen, and mindful presence.This book includes accessible training for the body, energy, and mind—designed to help readers restore balance, release emotional tension, and reconnect with their inner strength. Alongside the practices, author Racheli...

Join longtime ecological farming author/researcher Harold Willis as he explains the foundation concepts of natural farming and issues the call for cleaner forms of food and fiber production. In this single volume, the author details the interconnections between soil chemistry, microbial life, plants and livestock. He discusses the current problems in agriculture and suggests how lessons from nature provide the roadmap to efficiency, effectiveness and profitability. This book does not stop at providing recipes of what farmers need to do...

If you feel stretched thin, constantly juggling high expectations and rising demands, you’re not alone.Today’s professional world rewards productivity and resilience, but rarely teaches you how to build them sustainably. This book offers a clear, compassionate path to regain control of your time, your energy, and your well-being.In these pages, you will learn how toBreak free from chronic stress patterns and prevent burnoutStrengthen your emotional intelligence so you can navigate tough interactions with clarityBuild daily practices that restore balance, focus,...