Tag: Prairie

Free Download Marie Wittenberg, "Eden Prairie: A Brief History "
English | ISBN: 159629941X | 2011 | 160 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
From scouting reports of Native American tribes to Money Magazine’s declaration that it was the best place to live in America, Eden Prairie has a history that commands attention. Few can rival Marie Wittenberg’s dedication to telling this story or match her intimate knowledge of her hometown’s changing landscape, from early sheep barns to modern megachurches. In this brief history, she describes how Eden Prairie got its name, visits with pioneer families and points out the local places and critical moments that shaped this beloved community’s identity.

Free Download Prairie Man: My Little House Life & Beyond (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D932FHDG | 2024 | 10 hours and 7 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 562 MB
Author: Dean Butler
Narrator: Dean Butler
An illuminating, insider’s journey through the world of Little House on the Prairie and beyond, from Dean Butler, who starred as Almanzo Wilder on the iconic show still beloved by millions of fans as it reaches its fiftieth anniversary. Cast just before his twenty-third birthday, Dean Butler joined Little House on the Prairie halfway through its run, gaining instant celebrity and fans’ enduring affection. Now, with wit and candor, Butler recounts his passage through the Prairie, sharing stories and anecdotes of the remarkable cast who were his on-screen family. But that was merely the beginning of a diverse career that includes Broadway runs and roles on two other classic shows-Moondoggie in The New Gidget and Buffy’s ne’er-do-well father, Hank, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Coming of age during a golden era of entertainment, Butler has evolved along with it, and today enjoys success and fulfillment as a director and producer-notably of NBC Golf’s Feherty-while remaining deeply loyal to Little House. The warmth, heart, and decency that fans of Laura and Almanzo fell in love with on Little House echo through this uplifting memoir, a story, in Butler’s words, about "good luck, good television, and the very good-if gloriously imperfect-people who made it so."

Free Download Dave Williams, "The Prairie in Seed: Identifying Seed-Bearing Prairie Plants in the Upper Midwest "
English | ISBN: 1609384091 | 2016 | 140 pages | EPUB, PDF | 19 MB + 16 MB
The tallgrass prairie offers solutions to the many environmental challenges facing our water, soils, and ecosystems. Planting prairie on just 10 percent of a field can effectively remove excess phosphorous and nitrogen from the remaining 90 percent. Deep prairie roots and dense aboveground growth filter and hold soils, keeping them from eroding into our streams and rivers. Plants such as common milkweed are the key to the monarch butterfly’s recovery. In light of these benefits, perhaps our love affair with European turf grass is slowly giving way to an appreciation of the beauty of our original native prairie.

Free Download Carl Kurtz, "A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction: Second Edition "
English | ISBN: 1609381688 | 2013 | 80 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Thirty-five years and many acres after planting his first patch of prairie flowers, Carl Kurtz is considered one of the deans of the great tallgrass prairie revival. The Prairie Enthusiast called the 2001 edition of his book a "readable and understandable introduction to prairie and the general steps in carrying out a reconstruction." Now this second edition reflects his increased experience with reconstructing and restoring prairie grasslands.

Free Download Greg Hoch, "To Find a Pasqueflower: A Story of the Tallgrass Prairie "
English | ISBN: 1609388259 | 2022 | 288 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring.

Free Download Greg Hoch, "To Find a Pasqueflower: A Story of the Tallgrass Prairie "
English | ISBN: 1609388259 | 2022 | 288 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring.

Free Download Shirlee Smith Matheson, "Prairie Pictures (Wandering Fox)"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1772030112, 0771058578 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 0.6 mb
For twelve-year-old Sherri, moving is a way of life. Her family has lived in seven different places in as many years, three in the last year alone. But no place has ever been as strange as the ranching community of Gardin, where the Old West meets new industry and the community is divided between longtime residents and recent arrivals. Initially aligning herself with another outsider, Sherri realizes that she would rather look for friendships based on more than the arbitrary divisions that exist among her peers. But just as she starts to feel at home in Gardin, her parents announce plans to uproot the family once again.

Free Download Prairie Home Cooking: 400 Recipes that Celebrate the Bountiful Harvests, Creative Cooks, and Comforting Foods of the American Heartland by Judith Fertig
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1558321454 | 448 Pages | EPUB | 6.5 MB
The food of the Heartland is comfort food – and is certainly back in style.

Free Download Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design by Benjamin Vogt
English | January 24, 2023 | ISBN: 0252086775 | 208 pages | PDF | 18 Mb
Connecting to nature with native plants

Free Download Neil Diboll, "The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants"
English | ISBN: 022680593X | 2023 | 644 pages | PDF | 49 MB