Hobby Farm Home® - March/April 2010

Features
18 Cast-iron Chef
Don’t confine your cast-iron skillets to the dinner menu. Put them to work making deliciously delicate desserts, too.
by Sharon Kebschull Barrett

26 Stretching the Possibilities
Try making mozzarella cheese in your kitchen. It’s easier than you think!
by Kelly Wood

30 An Herb a Day
Get your daily dose of herbs—and then some—with help from The Herb Farmacy.
by Tovah Martin

44 The Time Traveler: Destination 1840
Your next vacation could be a trip back in time if you plan a visit to Garfield Farm and Inn Museum.
by Lisa Kivirist

52 Nocturnal Bliss
Construct an evening oasis on your farm, complete with cozy seats by the fire and fragrant moonlit blooms.
by Jessica Walliser

66 The Abberant Garden
Take your vegetable patch from ordinary to extraordinary with these uncommon varieties.
by Elyse Grau

78 Feather Your Nest
Create decorative and functional stations around your farm to lure birds and provide them an easy-tofind resource for nesting materials.
by Laura Hill

Columns
6 Lessons Learned
Cherie Langlois

14 Country Fare
Lynda King

36 Home Clinic
Cheryl Morrison

40 Farm Fetishes
Jean M. Fogle

50 Nature Calls
Linda Tagliaferro

60 Garden Home Solutions
P. Allen Smith

62 Garden Grit
Andy Tomolonis

74 Hands On
Rhoda Peacher

84 Animal Talk
Audrey Pavia

In Every Issue
4 Editor’s Note
8 On the Market
10 General Store
12 Homespun
13 Storefront
88 Good Reading
89 Marketplace
92 In the Air
93 HobbyFarms.com
94 Classified Advertising
96 Back Home

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