🌾 Pastoral Setting

The countryside is more than backdrop—rolling hills, village lanes, and open skies shape the mood and meaning of everything that unfolds within them.

The Poetry of Robert Frost

by Robert Frost • 1969

The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.

4.24

49k+

🐑 Pastoral Poetry 🇺🇸 American Poetry 🍁 Nature And Mortality

The Poetry of Robert Frost 88%

The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.

by Robert Frost 1969

4.24

49k+ ratings

🐑 Pastoral Poetry 🇺🇸 American Poetry 🍁 Nature And Mortality

The Pastor and Counseling

by Jeremy Pierre • 2015

A Christ-centered method for pastoral counseling that goes past the first session into real change.

4.33

953

🤲 Pastoral Care 📖 Biblical Counseling 🐑 Shepherding

The Pastor and Counseling 87%

A Christ-centered method for pastoral counseling that goes past the first session into real change.

by Jeremy Pierre 2015

4.33

953 ratings

🤲 Pastoral Care 📖 Biblical Counseling 🐑 Shepherding

The Book of Pastoral Rule

by Pope Gregory I

An ancient guide teaching pastors to temper authority with humility and tailor reproof to each soul.

4.17

796

🐑 Pastoral Care ✝️ Spiritual Leadership 🙇 Humility

The Book of Pastoral Rule 87%

An ancient guide teaching pastors to temper authority with humility and tailor reproof to each soul.

by Pope Gregory I

4.17

796 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Care ✝️ Spiritual Leadership 🙇 Humility

The Unsettling of America

by Wendell Berry • 1977

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

4.33

7k+

🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism

The Unsettling of America 87%

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

by Wendell Berry 1977

4.33

7k+ ratings

🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism

The Reformed Pastor

by Richard Baxter • 2021

Half an hour of personal instruction shapes a soul more than ten years of public sermons.

4.46

137

🕊️ Pastoral Theology ⛪ Puritan Spirituality 🫸 Servant Leadership

The Reformed Pastor 86%

Half an hour of personal instruction shapes a soul more than ten years of public sermons.

by Richard Baxter 2021

4.46

137 ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Theology ⛪ Puritan Spirituality 🫸 Servant Leadership

Pastoral Ministry

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 1995

Scripture, not strategy, shapes the shepherd: a guide to character, study, and pulpit.

4.13

423

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📖 Expository Preaching 📞 Pastoral Calling

Pastoral Ministry 86%

Scripture, not strategy, shapes the shepherd: a guide to character, study, and pulpit.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 1995

4.13

423 ratings

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📖 Expository Preaching 📞 Pastoral Calling

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

by W. Phillip Keller • 1982

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

4.39

1k+

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog

Lessons from a Sheep Dog 86%

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

by W. Phillip Keller 1982

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame • 1908

Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.

4.02

243k+

🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Character Redemption

The Wind in the Willows 86%

Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.

by Kenneth Grahame 1908

4.02

243k+ ratings

🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Character Redemption

A Month in the Country

by J.L. Carr • 1980

In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.

4.07

30k+

🌾 Pastoral Elegy 🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran 💬 Unspoken Love

A Month in the Country 86%

In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.

by J.L. Carr 1980

4.07

30k+ ratings

🌾 Pastoral Elegy 🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran 💬 Unspoken Love

A Life in Nature

by Marc Hamer • 2019

A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.

4.16

2k+

🌿 Nature Memoir 🇬🇧 British Countryside 🐾 Animal Ethics

A Life in Nature 86%

A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.

by Marc Hamer 2019

4.16

2k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Memoir 🇬🇧 British Countryside 🐾 Animal Ethics

Hanul Ancuței

by Mihail Sadoveanu • 1928

A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.

3.01

6k+

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice

Hanul Ancuței 86%

A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.

by Mihail Sadoveanu 1928

3.01

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice

Pastors and Their Critics

by Joel R. Beeke • 2020

Criticism comes with the calling. Biblical habits that turn a threat into a tool for growth.

4.37

391

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🛡️ Handling Criticism 🏃 Pastoral Endurance

Pastors and Their Critics 86%

Criticism comes with the calling. Biblical habits that turn a threat into a tool for growth.

by Joel R. Beeke 2020

4.37

391 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🛡️ Handling Criticism 🏃 Pastoral Endurance

The Pastor

by Eugene H. Peterson • 2011

After building his church from scratch, the real work began: six years of unlearning everything.

4.46

4k+

🕊️ Pastoral Vocation 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🏔️ Place And Belonging

The Pastor 86%

After building his church from scratch, the real work began: six years of unlearning everything.

by Eugene H. Peterson 2011

4.46

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Vocation 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🏔️ Place And Belonging

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky • 2022

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

4.39

352

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 86%

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

by Stephen Chbosky 2022

4.39

352 ratings

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

Silas Marner

by George Eliot • 1861

A lonely weaver hoards gold until a child in the snow shows him what truly matters.

3.70

95k+

🐑 Pastoral Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Silas Marner 86%

A lonely weaver hoards gold until a child in the snow shows him what truly matters.

by George Eliot 1861

3.70

95k+ ratings

🐑 Pastoral Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read

by Christopher Ash • 2019

Your pastor's well-being is your spiritual business. How to care for the one in the pulpit.

4.36

531

🐑 Pastoral Ministry ⛪ Church Life 🤝 Congregational Care

The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read Summary

The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read 86%

Your pastor's well-being is your spiritual business. How to care for the one in the pulpit.

by Christopher Ash 2019

4.36

531 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Ministry ⛪ Church Life 🤝 Congregational Care

Soil and Sacrament

by Fred Bahnson • 2013

What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?

4.17

264

🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality

Soil and Sacrament 86%

What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?

by Fred Bahnson 2013

4.17

264 ratings

🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality

The Lies of the Land

by Steven Conn • 2023

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

3.98

148

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics

The Lies of the Land 86%

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

by Steven Conn 2023

3.98

148 ratings

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics

Scouting the Divine

by Margaret Feinberg • 2009

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

4.22

912

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith

Scouting the Divine 86%

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

by Margaret Feinberg 2009

4.22

912 ratings

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith

The Pastor as Public Theologian

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer • 2015

Management replaced theology in the pulpit. The case for reclaiming the pastor's oldest job.

4.09

464

🐑 Pastoral Theology 🏛️ Public Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation

The Pastor as Public Theologian 86%

Management replaced theology in the pulpit. The case for reclaiming the pastor's oldest job.

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer 2015

4.09

464 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Theology 🏛️ Public Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation

The Path to Being a Pastor

by Bobby Jamieson • 2021

A call is optional. A life shaped by Scripture, godliness, and church apprenticeship is not.

4.66

1k+

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Elder Qualifications 🎙️ Preaching And Teaching

The Path to Being a Pastor 86%

A call is optional. A life shaped by Scripture, godliness, and church apprenticeship is not.

by Bobby Jamieson 2021

4.66

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Elder Qualifications 🎙️ Preaching And Teaching

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

by Roger Scruton • 2011

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

3.87

446

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism

How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary

How to Think Seriously About the Planet 86%

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

by Roger Scruton 2011

3.87

446 ratings

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism

The Pastor's Justification

by Jared C. Wilson • 2013

Half of pastors want to leave. Five old truths that put the weight back on Christ.

4.54

600

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology ❤️ Gospel-Centered Living

The Pastor's Justification 86%

Half of pastors want to leave. Five old truths that put the weight back on Christ.

by Jared C. Wilson 2013

4.54

600 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology ❤️ Gospel-Centered Living

Far From the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy • 1874

An heiress running her own farm sends a careless valentine and ignites a deadly obsession.

3.97

168k+

🌾 Pastoral Fiction 💪 Independent Heroine 🖤 Unrequited Obsession

Far From the Madding Crowd 85%

An heiress running her own farm sends a careless valentine and ignites a deadly obsession.

by Thomas Hardy 1874

3.97

168k+ ratings

🌾 Pastoral Fiction 💪 Independent Heroine 🖤 Unrequited Obsession

Preaching

by Timothy J. Keller • 2015

How to preach grace to skeptics: faithful exposition that offers Christ, not good advice.

4.48

4k+

📖 Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Theology 📜 Biblical Interpretation

Preaching 85%

How to preach grace to skeptics: faithful exposition that offers Christ, not good advice.

by Timothy J. Keller 2015

4.48

4k+ ratings

📖 Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Theology 📜 Biblical Interpretation

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima • 1954

A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.

3.77

25k+

🐚 Pastoral Romance 💙 Class Divide Romance ⚔️ Rival Suitor

The Sound of Waves 85%

A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.

by Yukio Mishima 1954

3.77

25k+ ratings

🐚 Pastoral Romance 💙 Class Divide Romance ⚔️ Rival Suitor

The Living Mountain

by Nan Shepherd • 1977

Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.

4.26

10k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 📍 Place-Based Writing 👁️ Sensory Perception

The Living Mountain 85%

Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.

by Nan Shepherd 1977

4.26

10k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 📍 Place-Based Writing 👁️ Sensory Perception

Hearers and Doers

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer • 2019

A pastor's guide to building a disciple-making church that out-forms the stories of a secular age.

4.20

411

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🌐 Cultural Exegesis

Hearers and Doers 85%

A pastor's guide to building a disciple-making church that out-forms the stories of a secular age.

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer 2019

4.20

411 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🌐 Cultural Exegesis

The One-Straw Revolution

by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975

A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.

4.33

9k+

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture ☮️ Zen Philosophy 🧱 Soil Health

The One-Straw Revolution 85%

A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.

by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975

4.33

9k+ ratings

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture ☮️ Zen Philosophy 🧱 Soil Health

Tales from Watership Down

by Richard Adams • 1996

The warren's storytellers spin legends of a trickster prince and tales of courage.

3.84

10k+

🐾 Animal Fantasy 📚 Stories Within Stories 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

Tales from Watership Down 85%

The warren's storytellers spin legends of a trickster prince and tales of courage.

by Richard Adams 1996

3.84

10k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Fantasy 📚 Stories Within Stories 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

The Contemplative Pastor

by Eugene H. Peterson • 1987

Pastoral busyness is quiet betrayal. An unhurried, subversive reclaiming of spiritual direction.

4.38

2k+

🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation ☁️ Contemplative Spirituality

The Contemplative Pastor 85%

Pastoral busyness is quiet betrayal. An unhurried, subversive reclaiming of spiritual direction.

by Eugene H. Peterson 1987

4.38

2k+ ratings

🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation ☁️ Contemplative Spirituality

A Year of Living Simply

by Kate Humble • 2024

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

3.71

2k+

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse

A Year of Living Simply 85%

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

by Kate Humble 2024

3.71

2k+ ratings

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse

Preaching as Reminding

by Jeffrey D. Arthurs • 2007

Preaching is not invention. It is reminding: waking a forgetful people to what they already know.

3.96

277

📜 Homiletics 🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🍞 Worship And Liturgy

Preaching as Reminding 85%

Preaching is not invention. It is reminding: waking a forgetful people to what they already know.

by Jeffrey D. Arthurs 2007

3.96

277 ratings

📜 Homiletics 🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🍞 Worship And Liturgy

All Things Wise and Wonderful

by James Herriot • 1978

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

4.45

38k+

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories

All Things Wise and Wonderful 85%

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

by James Herriot 1978

4.45

38k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories

Pastoral Song

by James Rebanks • 2020

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

4.42

8k+

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health

Pastoral Song 85%

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

by James Rebanks 2020

4.42

8k+ ratings

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health

The God of the Garden

by Andrew Peterson • 2021

He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.

4.47

6k+

🍃 Nature Writing 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🌲 Trees And Forests

The God of the Garden 85%

He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.

by Andrew Peterson 2021

4.47

6k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🌲 Trees And Forests

Resilient Ministry

by Bob Burns • 2012

Five years of interviews reveal what keeps pastors going when ministry gets hard.

4.06

370

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🏛️ Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Resilient Ministry 85%

Five years of interviews reveal what keeps pastors going when ministry gets hard.

by Bob Burns 2012

4.06

370 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🏛️ Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Working the Angles

by Eugene H. Peterson • 1987

Pastoral work has drifted into running a religious business. Three ancient practices call it back.

4.35

2k+

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🧭 Spiritual Direction

Working the Angles 85%

Pastoral work has drifted into running a religious business. Three ancient practices call it back.

by Eugene H. Peterson 1987

4.35

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🧭 Spiritual Direction

Folks, This Ain't Normal

by Joel Salatin • 2011

Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.

4.21

5k+

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🏘️ Local Food Systems 🌍 Soil Regeneration

Folks, This Ain't Normal 85%

Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.

by Joel Salatin 2011

4.21

5k+ ratings

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🏘️ Local Food Systems 🌍 Soil Regeneration

Small Preaching

by Jonathan T. Pennington • 2021

Twenty-five small shifts to sharpen your preaching, from the opening line to the final amen.

4.25

338

📜 Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation ✍️ Writing Craft

Small Preaching 85%

Twenty-five small shifts to sharpen your preaching, from the opening line to the final amen.

by Jonathan T. Pennington 2021

4.25

338 ratings

📜 Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation ✍️ Writing Craft

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy • 1891

A peasant sent to claim kin meets a charming heir. His crime will become her ruin.

3.84

305k+

🥀 Pastoral Tragedy 👩‍🦰 Fallen Woman Narrative 🔺 Tragic Love Triangle

Tess of the D’Urbervilles 85%

A peasant sent to claim kin meets a charming heir. His crime will become her ruin.

by Thomas Hardy 1891

3.84

305k+ ratings

🥀 Pastoral Tragedy 👩‍🦰 Fallen Woman Narrative 🔺 Tragic Love Triangle

Lectures to My Students

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon • 1889

The inner life of the preacher determines everything, from sermon punch to surviving the week.

4.47

4k+

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📯 Ministerial Calling 🔥 Spiritual Formation

Lectures to My Students 85%

The inner life of the preacher determines everything, from sermon punch to surviving the week.

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1889

4.47

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📯 Ministerial Calling 🔥 Spiritual Formation

The Land Breakers

by John Ehle • 1964

Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.

4.28

2k+

🪓 Frontier Settlement ⛰️ Appalachian Life 🖤 Grieving Widower

The Land Breakers 85%

Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.

by John Ehle 1964

4.28

2k+ ratings

🪓 Frontier Settlement ⛰️ Appalachian Life 🖤 Grieving Widower

Scatterlings

by Martin Shaw • 2019

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

4.63

106

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism

Scatterlings 85%

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

by Martin Shaw 2019

4.63

106 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism

The Wood at Midwinter

by Susanna Clarke • 2024

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

3.41

26k+

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

The Wood at Midwinter 85%

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

by Susanna Clarke 2024

3.41

26k+ ratings

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

Power Through Prayer

by E.M. Bounds • 1910

The missing ingredient in powerless preaching is not more preparation but more time alone with God.

4.33

2k+

🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 🙏 Secret Prayer 🔥 Spirit'S Empowerment

Power Through Prayer 85%

The missing ingredient in powerless preaching is not more preparation but more time alone with God.

by E.M. Bounds 1910

4.33

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 🙏 Secret Prayer 🔥 Spirit'S Empowerment

The Cottage Fairy Companion

by Paola Merrill • 2022

You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.

4.29

1k+

🐌 Slow Living 🍄 Cottagecore ✨ Finding Wonder

The Cottage Fairy Companion 85%

You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.

by Paola Merrill 2022

4.29

1k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Living 🍄 Cottagecore ✨ Finding Wonder

On Pastoring

by H.B. Charles Jr. • 2016

A pastor's survival manual: how to guard your soul, your family, and your calling.

4.46

412

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🧭 Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation

On Pastoring 85%

A pastor's survival manual: how to guard your soul, your family, and your calling.

by H.B. Charles Jr. 2016

4.46

412 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🧭 Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Sowing Seeds in the Desert

by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012

Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.

4.34

724

🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture 🌳 Permaculture Philosophy 🌱 Ecological Restoration

Sowing Seeds in the Desert 85%

Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.

by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012

4.34

724 ratings

🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture 🌳 Permaculture Philosophy 🌱 Ecological Restoration

A Good Animal

by Sara Maurer • 2026

First love on a Michigan sheep farm ends in a pregnancy with no safe way out.

3.56

8k+

🏡 Rural Coming Of Age 🐏 Sheep Farming 💔 First Love

A Good Animal 85%

First love on a Michigan sheep farm ends in a pregnancy with no safe way out.

by Sara Maurer 2026

3.56

8k+ ratings

🏡 Rural Coming Of Age 🐏 Sheep Farming 💔 First Love

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