Transforming Florida Yards offers readers a way to easily grow edible plants by creating a natural ecosystem. All one needs to successfully begin their food forest is a lawn and this book! Knowing which plants grow in each part of the state (north, central, and south) simplifies steps to create a flourishing garden. Permaculture, or the process of working with nature rather than against it, teaches affordable, sustainable, and research-based ways to beautify surroundings. Backyard gardens ...

Florida's Food Forest Cookbook makes creating healthy, easy-to-prepare, zero-waste meals straightforward. For those looking to convert their lawns and backyards into food forests (using the author’s Transforming Florida Yards), this companion cookbook offers 400 sweet and savory recipes and menus for 20 easy-to-grow, sustainable plants that thrive without pesticides, herbicides, toxins, or additives.The included recipes—containing no more than six ingredients—are ...

Creativity stimulates older adults both mentally and emotionally and has numerous cognitive and social benefits. Providing culturally-sensitive strategies for improving memory through creativity, this timely book outlines innovative techniques and gives essential insight into effective clinical work in a world with an increasing number of diverse older adults and incidences of Alzheimer's disease. Amanda Alders Pike clearly explains how to structure sessions and use artistic creativity to ...

"Johanna rös till vid tanken på den unga flickan och minnet av den spruckna skallen. Den bleka huden med blod över både ansiktet och de bara armarna. Skrapsåren. Ögonens blinda stirrande."Som en av de yngsta anställda hos uppsalapolisen är Johanna van vid att stå vid sidan och se sina mer erfarna kollegor arbeta. Trots sin ringa ålder är hon ändå kriminalkommissarie, och i sin egen åsikt redo att ta sig an egna fall, med lite stöd från sin äldre kollega Lars Klever. En tidig morgon går Joh...

Eco-Art Therapy in Practice is uplifting, optimistic, and empowering while outlining cost-effective, time efficient, and research-based steps on how to use nature in session to enhance client engagement and outcomes.Dr. Pike employs her background and credentials as a certified educational leader and board-certified art therapist to walk readers through establishing ecologically-based practices— such as growing art materials using hydroponics regardless of facility constra...