The Nanny From The White Legume

- Brock is a good boy; a teacher-pleaser and a straight-A student-but, unfortunately, a control freak. - Nanny is very much a lady... with impeccable manners and sees no reason why others should not also conform to a large measure of civility. - Brock is a smart, autonomous learner; but has missed the very important concept of not having the right to control others... (or passively-aggressively bully them). - Nanny is committed to young people mastering the art of introspection, self-reflection, and self-correction. - Brock is happy-go-lucky, confident, never experienced failure... but is quickly traveling down a self-destructive path toward a warped ego... until... Nanny introduces a soft, mooshey 'wake-up' call... a.k.a. 'consequences' to his over-inflated sense of self. - Nanny has the wisdom of generations and accesses every amelioration possible to solve this family's problems.

Brock is a good boy; a teacher-pleaser and a straight-A studentbut, unfortunately, a control freak. Nanny is very much a lady... with impeccable manners and sees no reason why others should not also conform to a large measure of civility. Brock is a smart, autonomous learner; but has missed the very important concept of not having the right to control others... (or passively-aggressively bully them). Nanny is committed to young people mastering the art of introspection, self-reflection, and self-correction. Brock is happy-go-lucky, confident, never experienced failure... but is quickly traveling down a self-destructive path toward a warped ego... until... Nanny introduces a soft, mooshey 'wake-up' call... a.k.a. 'consequences' to his over-inflated sense of self. Nanny has the wisdom of generations and accesses every amelioration possible to solve this family's problems.

Dane is a very smart, good boy with an out-of-control temper Nanny is very proper and sweet; but very serious about self-control and responsibility Dane had not learned how to handle problems that regularly came his way except to bash things to pieces Nanny appeared one day out of the blue to help him learn skills of responsibility and self-control Dane had to experience a few more ups and downs before he would catch on to learning about self-control and anger management. Nanny is wise and persistent in interacting with Dane and his whole family.

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

"Society does not generally expect its farmers to be visionaries." Perhaps not, but longtime Maine farmer and homesteader Will Bonsall does possess a unique clarity of vision that extends all the way from the finer points of soil fertility and seed saving to exploring how we can transform civilization and make our world a better, more resilient place. In Will Bonsall's Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening, Bonsall maintains that to achieve real wealth we first need to understand the economy of the land, to realize that things that might make sense economically don't always make sense ecologically, and vice versa. The marketplace distorts our values, and our modern dependence on petroleum in particular presents a serious barrier to creating a truly sustainable agriculture. For him the solution is, first and foremost, greater self-reliance, especially in the areas of food and energy. By avoiding any off-farm inputs (fertilizers, minerals, and animal manures), Bonsall has learned how to practice a purely veganic, or plant-based, agriculture--not from a strictly moralistic or philosophical perspective, but because it makes good business sense: spend less instead of making more. What this means in practical terms is that Bonsall draws upon the fertility of on-farm plant materials: compost, green manures, perennial grasses, and forest products like leaves and ramial wood chips. And he grows and harvests a diversity of crops from both cultivated and perennial plants: vegetables, grains, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and nuts--even uncommon but useful permaculture plants like groundnut (Apios). In a friendly, almost conversational way, Bonsall imparts a wealth of knowledge drawn from his more than forty years of farming experience. "My goal," he writes, "is not to feed the world, but to feed myself and let others feed themselves. If we all did that, it might be a good beginning."

From one of the top 25 food websites in America and the "queen of healthy desserts,” Katie Higgins, comes Chocolate Covered Katie's first cookbook with 80 never-before-seen recipes, such as Chocolate Obsession Cake, Peanut Butter Pudding Pops, and Ultimate Unbaked Brownies (Glamour magazine)! What if you CAN eat all of your favorite desserts . . . and still be healthy and fit into your skinny jeans? Meet Katie: a girl who eats chocolate every day and sometimes even has cake for breakfast! When Katie's sugar habit went too far in college and left her lacking energy, she knew something needed to change. So she began developing her own naturally sweet recipes and posting them online. Soon, Katie's healthy dessert blog had become an Internet sensation, with over six million monthly visitors. Using only real ingredients, without any unnecessary fats, sugars, or empty calories, these desserts prove once and for all that health and happiness can go hand-in-hand-you can have your dessert and eat it, too!