Planting An Inheritance

Gardener's-eye account of 50 years on a Pennsylvania farm Vivid and complete description of the nurturing of a unique legacy Rare, original, full of sharp insight and hard-earned wisdom Lacking inherited wealth, Edwin and Mimi Peeples invested their energy in an abandoned farmhouse and its fields and woods to create a different kind of wealth: mature plantings of box and yew, magnificent specimen trees, unusual ornamentals. There were natural treasures on their grounds, too, so they husbanded the wildflowers and fragrant herbs, the native berries and volunteer fruits, the precious hardwood and aromatic trees. "The fortunate thing about a farm," Peeples writes, "is that whatever wild plant you have at all, you generally have by the acre." Now surrounded by subdivisions, the landscape is at risk, but Peeples will not sell out. What could any man buy worth more than a bequest of beauty?

During the next 20 years, over 60 million Americans will inherit an estimated $8 trillion in an unprecedented shifting of wealth. Most of these new heirs are unprepared to handle the windfall, and Managing Your Inheritance will be a godsend. The authors walk readers through every phase of the inheritance process, and show how to protect family wealth through intelligent saving and investing. Author tour. 25,000 print.

Take charge of your estate with this essential guide to forestry and cultivation. The Estate Nursery provides practical advice on planting and caring for forest trees, adapted for the modern forestry system. Whether you're a landowner, agent, or woodman, this handy book has everything you need to know to ensure your forest thrives. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Many American families are unprepared for the greatest threat they have ever faced: the Cur$e of Inheritance. The Cur$e of Inheritance is an ugly monster of jealousy, fear and selfishness that crushes families, eats money and destroys lives. The Cur$e of Inheritance is born in an environment of loss and grief by unprepared heirs who feel entitled to unearned wealth, and tragically forget to see each other as human beings. When Cindy Arledge's mom and dad passed away within eight months of each other, she was helpless to save the broken relationships between siblings and their families created by her parents' estate plan. Years later, after becoming a grandmother affectionately known as "Elmo," Cindy realized it was time to transform her tragedy into a solution to protect her growing family's future and help other families do the same. In this book you will discover the real problem behind wealth transfers and the single most important change you can make to protect your family. Cindy shares the secret planning tool used by ultra-high-net families to protect their families, and provides the Legacy Family Planning basics you can immediately implement for your family's benefit.

If two dogs have spots, will their offspring have spots, too? Can a tall plant be the offspring of two short plants? This book examines how traits are passed from one generation to the next in a variety of plant and animal species. Readers will also learn about variations in traits and how plants and animals adapt over time for survival. This important elementary science subject is explained in rich detail, and full-color images add depth to the text. STEM concepts addressed in the Next Generation Science Standards are also included.