Hobby Farm Home® - July/August 2009 - Volume 4: Number 4

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Hobby Farm Home® - July/August 2009 - Volume 4: Number 4
Features
16 The Community Table
Experience and celebrate the bounty of your region by hosting a localfoods potluck this summer.
by Lisa Kivirist

24 Saving Summer's Best
There's only so much canning one can do in a season! Try dehydrating as an easy-and tasty-means of preserving your harvest for use throughout the year.
by Lindsay Evans



30 Fire It Up
Step by step, learn how to build your own earth oven for delicious backyard cooking and baking.
by Kelly Wood

38 Farm-style Fast Food
In this busiest of seasons, plan ahead so you and your family can eat quick, healthful meals straight from the garden.
by Lisa Kivirist

54 Grow Wild
Wildflower meadows are a lowmaintenance way to bring yearround beauty to the farm. We tell you how to plant and maintain one.
by Jean M. Fogle

60 Light of the Party
Create beautiful, handmade lighting options for your outdoor entertaining areas. From leftover squashes to repurposed household items, you'll
impress and delight your summertime- party guests.
by Kelly Wood

70 Pet Paparrazi
Capture your animals' personalities with timeless photographs that you take yourself. A veteran photographer shares her secrets for perfect pet pictures.
by Jean M. Fogle

78 The Horse Painter
Kidron, Ohio-based Sue Steiner has built a business around two things she loves: animals and artwork.
by Cherie Langlois

Columns
6 Lessons Learned
Cherie Langlois

12 Country Fare
Lynda King

44 Hands On
Erin McKay

48 Garden Grit
Susan M. Brackney

52 Garden Home Solutions
P. Allen Smith

66 Farm Fetishes
Mary Beth Temple

84 Home Clinic
Cheryl Morrison

88 Nature Calls
Linda Tagliaferro

91 Animal Talk
Audrey Pavia

In Every Issue
5 Editor's Note
8 On the Market
10 General Store
87 Good Reading
94 In the Air
98 HobbyFarms.com
99 Marketplace
103 Classified Advertising
104 Back Home

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