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Hobby Farms is a bimonthly magazine highlighting rural living for pleasure and profit for hobby farmers, small production farmers and those passionate about the country. Find us online at http://www.hobbyfarms.com/, and subscribe at http://www.hobbyfarms.com/subscribe/.

07/29/2025

Happy Tongue Out Tuesday!
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🐐 📸 by Hobby Farms Reader

07/28/2025

Wildflowers along a farm field.

🌼📸 by Hilda Weges/Adobe Stock

07/27/2025

Taking a break in the hay.
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Reader 📸 by Renaissance Ridge Alpacas

07/26/2025

Have you seen our new Healthy Hens digital special? 🐔🥚 It's free through the link below and a must-have guide for backyard chicken keepers.
🐔🔗👉https://www.hobbyfarms.com/flipbook/HF/Healthy_Hens_Summer_2025_Digital_Special

07/25/2025

How plants get nitrogen depends on both natural processes and human intervention. Learn how gardeners can improve soil nitrogen.
🌱👉 https://www.hobbyfarms.com/how-plants-get-nitrogen/
🌱📸 Adobe Stock/Stock Rocket

07/24/2025

Dairy sheep produce rich, nutritious milk ideal for cheese and yogurt. In this guide, learn about the best breeds, daily care, and how to raise dairy sheep.
🐑🔗👉 https://www.hobbyfarms.com/dairy-sheep-tips-farm/
🐑📸 by Adobe Stock/zyabich

07/23/2025

Home cheesemaking is fun and easier than you think. Learn about milk types, essential supplies, simple recipes, and how to get started.
🧀🔗 https://www.hobbyfarms.com/cheese-making-basics-2/
🧀📸 by Susy Morris/Flickr

07/22/2025

Learn how to safely find, identify, and cook morel mushrooms, plus tips for foraging, preparation, and avoiding false lookalikes.
🍄👉 https://www.hobbyfarms.com/mighty-morels-tops-fungus-foragers/
🍄📸 by Adobe Stock/William

07/21/2025

Some mornings you step outside and just know it’s going to be a full one—watering the garden, hauling hay, fixing something that wasn’t broken yesterday.

A pair of Dryshod Footwear Evalusion Cuff Boots kept by the door means you've got boots that are easy to slip on when your hands are full, light enough to wear all day, and tough enough for whatever comes up—mud, mulch, or a sprint after an escape-artist goat.

They’re not overbuilt, just right. And on a farm or homestead, that counts for a lot.

https://dryshodusa.com/?s=evalusion+cuff&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1

07/20/2025

🍦🍨 Happy National Ice Cream Day!🍦🍨 Enjoy this Supreme Strawberry Recipe!

(Fresh and frozen strawberries can be used in this homemade ice cream recipe. Simply thaw fruit first to make smashing easier.)

Ingredients

For strawberry mixture:
1 1/2 cups strawberry halves
2 tablespoons brown sugar

For ice cream:
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1⁄8 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 cup cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation:
Smash the strawberry halves with a masher or pastry cutter until only small pieces remain. Then stir in the brown sugar and set aside.

In a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and salt until well mixed and aerated. Next, in a double boiler pan directly on the burner, scald the milk. Once scalded, temper the egg mixture by adding the milk slowly while stirring constantly.

Return new mixture to the double boiler pan, and place it atop the double boiler base with simmering water. Stir constantly until slightly thickened, remove from heat and cool.

Once the custard base is cooled, beat the cream and vanilla until aerated. Then add the custard base and continue to beat until well combined.

Place into ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions. When the ice cream is just starting to firm up, add the strawberry mixture and continue until finished.

📸: Abobe Stock/Carol

07/19/2025

📸 from ... "Why are honey bees such efficient pollinators?

2. Wide foraging coverage - Not only are honey bees pollinating in large numbers, but they’re also covering a lot of ground. Honey bees forage mostly within a 1-mile radius but can forage up to 6 miles. s collecting pollen and nectar to bring back to their hive, and consequently, this means a large force of bees out pollinating.

2. Wide foraging coverage - Not only are honey bees pollinating in large numbers, but they’re also covering a lot of ground. Honey bees forage mostly within a 1 mile radius but can forage up to 6 miles.

4. Floral fidelity - Honey bees will only visit one floral type each foraging trip. This enhances cross-pollination because honey bees are transferring pollen of the same species to each new flower they visit, which is the only pollen needed to pollinate that plant. This efficiency greatly increases the plant’s seed and fruit production 🌱🫐🍓🍏

4. Floral fidelity - Honey bees will only visit one floral type each foraging trip. This enhances cross-pollination because honey bees are transferring pollen of the same species to each new flower they visit, which is the only pollen needed to pollinate that plant. This efficiency greatly increases the plant’s seed and fruit production. 🌱🫐🍓🍏

5. Manageability - To our benefit, honey bee colonies are manageable. This allows us to team up with honey bees to increase our food production and food security.

Did you know forager bees are the oldest bees of the colony and all female?"

07/18/2025

📸 from ... "We are definitely in full-blown canning season right now. 🍅 🍑 🥒"

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