Hobby Farm Home - January/February 2009 - Volume 4: Number 1

Features
24 Bread-based Therapy
Warm up a chilly afternoon and soothe frayed nerves by baking bread the old-fashioned way.
by Cherie Langlois

32 Comfort in a Cup
Indulge in the slow-cooked, hearty soups and stews of winter that elevate common root vegetables.
by Jo Stewart




40 The Purposeful Knitter
Shed the pattern mentality and try your hand at an intuitive piece, like a top-down sweater.
by MaryAnna Clemons

46 Join the (book) Club
Broaden your interests and gain a greater sense of community with friends by joining (or starting) a book club. We tell you how.
by Barbara Berst Adams

52 Sustaining Principles: Sap Bush Hollow Farm
Follow one family's journey as they farm sustainably, and profitably, on their 100-acre property in upstate New York.
by Cherie Langlois

68 The Path of Least Resistance
Moss gardens are beautiful and low-maintenance. Don't fight the moss on your property, encourage and cultivate it!
by Jean M. Fogle

74 Planting Your Future
Learn the history and basics of arborsculpture: the craft of training trees to form artistic and useful shapes.
by Patti Cassidy

80 Sun Up to Sun Down
Let the weather and farm logic be your guides in crossing everything off that never-ending to-do list. Tame the beast that is time management.
by Lisa Kivirist

86 Signs of Farm Life
The homemade signs you'll see driving through farm country reveal a simpler lifestyle, wholesome products and a bit of whimsy in the heart of farmers.
by Kelly Wood

Columns
6 Lessons Learned
Cherie Langlois

16 Country Fare
Lynda King

20 Hands On
Lynda King

36 Farm Fetishes
Mary Beth Temple

60 Garden Grit
Susan Brackney

66 Garden Home Solutions
P. Allen Smith

92 Home Clinic
Cheryl Morrison

96 Nature Calls
Linda Tagliaferro

100 Animal Talk
Audrey Pavia

In Every Issue
5 Editor's Notebook
10 On the Market
12 General Store
104 In the Air
106 HobbyFarms.com
107 Good Reading
108 Marketplace
111 Classified Advertising
112 Back Home

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