Hobby Farm Home® - September/October 2011 - Volume 6 - Number 5

FEATURES
14 In a Nutshell
If you're feeling shell-shocked by your trees' excess bounty, try these delicious recipes for using up your nut harvest.
by Laura Hill

20 The Start of Something Good
Don't let your surplus sourdough starter go to waste-put it to work in some less-thought-of baked good- for breakfast, dinner or dessert.
by Kathie Lapcevic



26 The Icing on the Cake
See the winners and runners-up of the Hobby Farm Home fifth anniversary Cake Contest.
by Hobby Farm Home staff

40 Bucolic Birthday Bash
Bring the birthday party to your farm with these farm-based ideas for seasonal decorations, entertainment and food.
by Nancy Mann Jackson

64 Luffa Love
Want the spa-like luxury of luffas without all the chemicals? Grow your own farm-fresh sponges.
by Lisa Kivirist

68 Wrapped up in Wreaths
See how one nursery turned its yearly pruning chores into a valueadded venture that's drawing attention far and wide.
by Tovah Martin

74 Cluck-worthy Curriculum
Discover how chickens can amp up your child's education at school or at home.
by Christine Heinrichs

Columns
8 Lessons Learned
Cherie Langlois

10 Country Fare
Lynda King

36 Farm Fetishes
Monette Satterfield

46 Home Clinic
Cheryl Morrison

52 Hands On
Monette Satterfield

56 Nature Calls
Linda Tagliaferro

58 Garden Grit
Andy Tomolonis

62 Garden Home Solutions
P. Allen Smith

80 Animal Talk
Audrey Pavia

In Every Issue
3 Editor's Note
6 Homespun
73 Storefront
84 In the Air
89 HobbyFarmHome.com
90 General Store
91 Good Reading
92 Marketplace
95 Classified Advertising
96 Back Home

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