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Mini Farming
- Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
- Narrated by: Christopher Solimene
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Categories: Home & Garden, Sustainable & Green Living
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Filled with practical information
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Publisher's Summary
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre - and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, this book covers everything you need to know to get started: buying and saving seeds, starting seedlings, establishing raised beds, soil fertility practices, composting, dealing with pest and disease problems, crop rotation, farm planning, and much more. Because self-sufficiency is the objective, subjects such as raising backyard chickens and home canning are also covered along with numerous methods for keeping costs down and production high.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- Andrew Pantel
- 2021-03-01
Impossible to listen to.
As the title of the review says. Impossible to listen to. The Narration is beyond dull. I want my credit back. I’m sure the content is good, but I can’t get through more than 10mins of this book.
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- Laureen
- 2018-02-23
Almost unlistenable
The content is good and straightforward. The voice actor reading it may as well have been an automated computer. Siri and Alexa would make it more engaging and less robotic. This is not an exaggeration. I’m sure he’s nice and all, but reading aloud just isn’t his thing, dog.
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- Zack
- 2017-12-28
Good info for Starting, bad bad narration
Is good info if you are starting out, if you have experience no need for this one. found it very hard to finish due to the horrible narrator sounds like a computer voice and makes the book boring even though you can learn a lot if you are a beginner
6 people found this helpful
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- Jesse Malan
- 2019-10-31
Great material!
Overall the book itself is fantastic. I really enjoyed and even learned some new things. The narrator has a nice smooth voice, but tends to read ridiculously slow. Even when I sped up the timing it still was not enjoyable per his way of reading. Overall I’d recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-08-18
Worth the money
That these things are not taught to every kid growing up is why we can't have nice things.
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- Jonathon R. Harrison
- 2019-02-05
Content is good Narration sucks
Book has some good information however the narrator acts like he thinks we are all in kindergarten. Had a very hard time listening to this one. Author might consider re recording the book.
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- Subarren
- 2021-01-12
Need a different narrator
It’s impossible to get interested in the book with the narration. It has great info but trying to listen to it seems like a chore.
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- Amelia
- 2019-07-26
#1 for content
Mini Farming is full of practical information and up there at the top with my other favorite by Monty Don, Down to Earth. I have used my monthly credits on numerous other gardening/farming books that were low on practical help but high on "performance". Give me monotone anyday over political hype.
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- Dylan
- 2019-11-28
Robotic voice
Bizarre narration. Sounds like a robot. Good material though. Nice that the PDF comes with it and easy to access.
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- R.A. Haynes
- 2018-07-06
Amazingly useful and informative book.
a very useful book. Highly recommended surprising amount of information that I did not know was presented.
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- Donna
- 2018-05-19
The electronic reader is terrible .
The information was adequate, but important details were absent. I would not recommend this book, there are much better books on the subject.