Signal snowboards homemade8/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Mix well and store in a popcorn tin to keep it fresh. Combine all ingredients and mix in one teaspoon salts and two tablespoons light brown sugar. To prepare this trail mix, combine, a box of Fiddle-Faddle popcorn, one bag crumbled cheese doodles, one box golden raisins, on bag M&M’s (plain) harvest mix, one pack Nestle’s chocolate chips, and one pack of mini pretzels (crumbled). Slow down mode in the garden does not mean stop mode.įill an orange plastic jack o’ lantern with a great Halloween harvest, trail mix and set it on the dining room table and refill it often. ![]() The mustard and mixed greens, Siberian Kale, broccoli, onion sets, turnips, collards and cabbage will soon be covered with a layer of crushed leaves to prolong their harvest into the winter. The cool weather vegetables are slowly replacing the spent crops of late summer. Only a few pepper and tomato plants are still producing. Slowdown mode works its way to garden plotsĮvery thing about warm weather is winding down in the garden plot. Before darkness arrives, we are rewarded with the varied colors of a beautiful sunset on the western horizon. The crows in the pines are cawing about it and squirrels are celebrating by scrambling for acorns. Indian summer is a most beautiful season with plenty of color, atmosphere, and very comfortable temperatures. Indian summer both colorful and beautiful The first killing frost that knocks out summer annuals and the remnants of summer crops usually occurs in mid-November. We may get a dusting on the lawn, but a frost that covers the roofs and turns them frosty white usually occurs around Halloween. The first frost in this part of the state is after October 15, but most years, it is much later than that. The oaks will begin to unload their harvest in November and continue to fall all during that month. The crushed leaves make a blanket for rose bushes, bulb beds and azaleas or covering between rows or in beds. They can be broke down quickly by running them through the leaf vacuum. Their crispy, dry condition makes them easy to blow or vacuum and rake to the garden or compost area. The leaves are dry and crisp as they gracefully fall to the lawn. The autumn air in October has a certain crispness which causes many leaves to fall as they unload from the tree. The mid western part of our country produces the most pumpkins and Illinois produces more than any other state. Pumpkins are members of the squash family. They will survive for over a month in a lawn or porch display and then be made into a pumpkin pie. Unlike many vegetables, pumpkins have a long shelf life. There is no shortage of colors, shapes and sizes of pumpkins and all the choices are great. They also make great lawn and porch displays. Pumpkins have many uses such as jack o’ lanterns, harvest decor, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin puffs and puddings, and all kinds of desserts. The pumpkin harvest is being shown off on the lawns of churches for fund raisers and in front of produce markets and roadside stands. Beginning of the colorful showoff of pumpkins ![]()
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