How long does it take to read The Homesteading Handbook?
The Homesteading Handbook by Abigail R. Gehring takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 272 pages, about 74,800 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
<div> <p>With the rapid depletion of our planet’s natural resources, we would all like to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. But in the midst of an economic crisis, it’s just as important to save money as it is to go green. As Gehring shows in this thorough but concise guide, being kind to Mother Earth can also mean being kind to your bank account! It doesn’t matter where your homestead is located—farm, suburb, or even city. Wherever you live, <em>The Homesteading Handbook</em> can help you:</p> <ul> <li>Plan, plant, and harvest your own organic home garden.</li> <li>Enjoy fruits and vegetables year-round by canning, drying, and freezing.</li> <li>Build alternate energy devices by hand, such as solar panels or geothermal heat pumps.</li> <li>Differentiate between an edible puffball mushroom and a poisonous amanita.</li> <li>Prepare butternut squash soup using ingredients from your own garden.</li> <li>Conserve water by making a rain barrel or installing an irrigation system.</li> <li>Have fun and save cash by handcrafting items such as soap, potpourri, and paper. </li></ul> <p>Experience the satisfaction that comes with self-sufficiency, as well as the assurance that you have done your part to help keep our planet green. <em>The Homesteading Handbook</em> is your roadmap to living in harmony with the land.</p></div>
Subjects: Agriculture, Handbooks, manuals, Rural Home economics, Family farms, Sustainable living, Agriculture, united states
