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This handmade bookmark features the famous Shaker swallowtail design that is part of the oval box. Made locally. Measures 7 5/8" x 3/4". -
Join an adorable cast of animal characters as they explore the alphabet through the seasons. From gathering honey in spring to building cozy campfires in fall, the friends make the most of each season, both enjoying the great outdoors and staying snug inside. Hardcover, 34 pages. -
This adorable book features baby elephants, panda cubs, baby koalas, lion cubs, tiger cubs, piglets, ducklings, bluebird chicks, kangaroo joeys, ponies, fawns, lambs, baby dolphins, baby giraffes, puppies, kittens, bunnies, farm animals, baby seals, baby penguins, and owlets. Hardcover, 20 pages. Recommended for ages 3 months to 3 years. -
The original Shaker Gardener's Manual was published in 1843 and included instructions on how to grow vegetables. It was expanded in 1843 with additional instructions on cooking and preserving vegetables. This is a facsimile of the 1843 edition. -
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Rosemary Gladstar, the godmother of modern herbalism, offers a fresh introduction to growing and using 33 of her favorite herbs, complete with tips on introducing an herb patch to your backyard garden and easy-to-follow recipes for brewing restorative teas, blending soothing salves, and making tinctures, oils, syrups ,and pills. -
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Forest bathing, adopted from Japanese culture, simply means to take the forest in through our senses. It encourages being in nature and connecting with it. This book by local author, Hannah Fries, offers a guided journey that prompts meditations to help you slow down, breathe, and connect with the wonder around you. Writers, poets and naturalists offer musings and inspiration along the way. Softcover, 191 pages -
Jump-start curiosity with this take-along field guide for children ages 4 and up. From worms, birds, and spiders to trees, flowers, and clouds, young explorers learn what to look and listen for wherever they are — whether in a nature preserve, an urban park, or a suburban backyard. -
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This beautiful book is packed with nearly 300 color photographs and over 120 herbal remedies that you can make yourself. It gives a fascinating insight into the literary, historic, and world-wide application of the fifty common plants that it covers. Paperback. 224 pages. -
This great handbook has information on growing and harvesting vegetables, as well as specific health benefits, vitamins, and minerals for each food. Includes detailed instructions for fall and winter food growing. Learn how to grow for your family, harvest and store all types of home-grown produce, and find joy in eating foods planted with your own hands! Paperback. 240 pages. -
MAKING: Then and Now is an unprecedented exhibition that celebrates the similarities between artists and the Shakers, a utopian community that lived in Western Massachusetts for more than 180 years. Believing they should put their hands to work and their hearts to God, the Shakers built everything from buildings to boxes, with a goal of perfection and exquisite craftsmanship in what they made. The Shaker design emphasized their attitudes towards utility and simplicity through forms renowned for their minimalism, and their output remains a lasting legacy today. The artists in this exhibition (Gregory Crewdson, Don Gummer, Stephen Hannock, Jenny Holzer, Maya Lin and David Teeple) are today’s makers, inspiring us with their work. Like the Shakers, the artists responded to the landscape, be it physical, political, or environmental. With 51 color photographs and essays by Hancock Shaker Village director Jennifer Trainer Thompson and curator Lesley Herzberg, this book illuminates artists and their work – both those who would not have called themselves artists a hundred years ago, and those who could never imagine being anything else today. Together they tell a story rooted in the fertile soil of imagination, dedication, and beauty. -
For more than two hundred years, the Shakers have cooked with the freshest seasonal foods, making flavorful use of a wide range of herbs and spices. In The Best of Shaker Cooking their secrets are shared in more than nine hundred original recipes, including Cranberry Bean Soup, Shaker Chicken Fricassee, Sweet Corn Pudding, and Graham-Buttermilk Bread. With its classic recipes, simple cooking techniques, and years of tradition, The Best of Shaker Cooking brings you real American cooking at its finest. -
Pig Tales is an eye-opening investigation of the commercial pork industry and an inspiring alternative to the way pigs are raised and consumed in America. A must read for anyone that raises or consumes pork. Softcover, 336 pages.
