Green Home

When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, they were eager to start a self-sustaining family farm. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace of their two sons, the main source of family income and food, and even a classroom for their children. Through self-directed play, exploration, and experimentation on their farm, Hewitt's children learned how to play and read, test boundaries and challenge themselves, fail and recover.

Achieve off-grid living with this step-by-step guide—even if you’re starting from scratch. Are you eager to break free from modern utilities and live self-sufficiently? Do concerns about energy, water, and food security leave you feeling uncertain? You’re not alone. Many aspiring homesteaders face the same challenges—but the journey doesn’t have to be overwhelming. This practical guide provides the tools and knowledge to simplify off-grid living. With clear, actionable steps, you’ll master essential skills without unnecessary complexity.

Connie Ragen Green is a former classroom teacher and real estate appraiser who left it all behind to come online in 2006. As a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, independent publisher, international speaker, podcaster, and online entrepreneur, she serves others on six continents by helping new authors, speakers, and entrepreneurs build their own lucrative online businesses. Here, Connie shares her strategies for reaching peak productivity and a lifestyle you love by following through with everything you do.

Would you like to get your cleaning done without putting the rest of your life on hold? Would you like your house cleaning to have a professional makeover? If you do, then Super Simple Home Cleaning will help you do just that, and more! This easy to read how-to-guide by Amazon bestselling author Judith Turnbridge will not only help make your home clean, safe and harmonious for you and your family to live in, but to do so in a way which is easy on your pocket and friendly on the environment. Here’s how… Whether you are doing your weekly chores or embarking on some serious deep cleaning, ...

Would you like to create your greenhouse to ensure that the vegetables you eat are safe and don't contain substances that could affect your health but don't have enough soil space? Do you want your favorite vegetables at any time in any season without spending a fortune to buy them? Creating a space to grow legumes, vegetables and vegetables is becoming a fashion and an interesting DIY activity. Building a DIY greenhouse in the garden is the right step to devote yourself to nature in a profitable way. The final result will be creating a home area to cultivate organic products at zero km, ...

Buying a home is exciting—but also complex. This book isn’t a step-by-step guide; it’s a collection of expert tips to help you make informed decisions, avoid costly mistakes, and navigate the process with confidence. Inside, you’ll learn: How to assess your financial readiness Mortgage and negotiation strategies to save money What to look for when touring homes The role of inspections, appraisals, and contingencies What to expect at closing and how to avoid surprises These tips give you a strong foundation, but buying a home isn’t a DIY process. A Certified Full-Service ...

Converting your home to solar energy is one of the best investments you will ever make. You’ve heard that installing solar power reduces the value of your home. Or that your roof will leak if you install solar power. You may even have heard that if solar panels are imperfectly installed, your house will burn down. Don’t believe any of it. They’re just not true.

Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. Now she wants to teach you how you can too.

They say ignorance is bliss, but is it really? Just because you’re unaware of the impact something has doesn’t mean there isn’t one. My goal with this book isn’t to convince anyone to go plant-based or to push a specific agenda. Instead, I want to share the information that often goes unnoticed—the facts most people don’t know. By shedding light on these truths, I hope to empower you to make choices based on knowledge rather than ignorance. After all, that’s exactly how I came to my own decision.

The Cuthberts had decided to adopt an orphan - a nice sturdy boy to help with the farm chores. The orphanage sent a girl instead - a mischievous, talkative redhead who'd be no use at all. She would just have to go back. But ever since Anne arrived, no one could imagine Green Gables without her.

Are you tired of being bombarded by toxins at every turn? Do you want a more natural, "crunchy" approach to the world (with or without the beige aesthetic)? Well, grab your kombucha and join Emily Morrow on a journey to a more wholesome existence with Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality.

With real-world considerations in mind, disaster preparedness consultant David Black shows us how to stay alive when tragedy strikes. His step-by-step actions can help us make it safely through a variety of crises, from catastrophic weather to terrorism to civil unrest. Black presents tailor-made plans for individuals, businesses, organizations, small groups, and communities to follow, in all regions of the country and broken down by type of emergency and environment.

The free-spirited Anne Shirley has a beautiful way of looking at the world and touching our hearts. In this, the third volume of the Anne of Green Gables series, the irrepressible Anne dreams of the woman she hopes to be when she decides to leave Green Gables and her beloved Prince Edward Island for college. She is eager for new adventure.

The retail industry has undergone enormous changes during the last thirty years. But there is one retailer that not only has remained consistent in the fluctuating—even tenuous—market, but also has grown in the process. More Than a Hobby takes you inside the story of David Green, the man who built the phenomenal success of Hobby Lobby. Green went beyond surviving in a competitive retail market to thriving, ultimately expanding his $600 start-up company into a $1.3 billion per-year enterprise.

IF YOU WANT TO DISCOVER HOW TO BUILD AN HYDROPONIC SYSTEM, THEN KEEP READING… Hydroponics is a means of growing plants without soil. It makes use of nutrient-rich water, or a nutrient solution as well as techniques that allow the plant to grow. You can also use sand or gravel, with added nutrients. Hydroponics is a division of hydroculture and is a way of cultivating plants with the use of mineral nutrient solutions and water and without soil. Terrestrial herbs may be cultivated with their roots in the mineral solution. They may be also grown on inert medium such as mineral wool, ...

Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre - and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require.

A physician. A man of the Lord. An engineer. A journey of vast magnitude. However, there is nothing like home. There is nothing like that green, green grass of home.

Critically acclaimed memoirist Wade Rouse has gathered some of America's best known humorists-authors, comedians, and actors-to offer biting commentary on what it means to share a life, and a heart, with a dog. From battling for bed space to trying to transform a pampered NYC pup into a Texas rawhide, and from helping a shelter rescue navigate through her new life to interpreting dog run dynamics (and politics), being a canine companion has challenges as tough as any agility course, but laughter is just a tail-wag away.

Would you like to know how to make your home more energy efficient? Are you wondering if there are simple ways to save money while saving the environment? You really can have the best of both worlds, and it doesn't have to be difficult or complicated! In this book you will learn about some exciting, cutting-edge energy efficient technologies that will help you easily move into the future as a knowledgeable and caring steward of your home and the planet. Written in easy-to-understand language by an electromechanical engineer with advanced degrees, this book will teach you everything you need...

Prepare your home and family for any life-threatening catastrophe with this step-by-step survivalist guide filled with techniques, strategies, and DIY projects from a lifelong prepping expert. Government pamphlets and other prepping books tell you how to hold out through an emergency until services are restored. This book teaches you how to survive when nothing returns to normal for weeks, months, or even years, including water collection; storing, growing, hunting, and foraging for food; first aid and medical treatment; fortifying and defending your home; and community-building.