October poetry...

I ♥ October!

"Corn and grain, corn and grain,
All that falls shall rise again."
- Harvest Chant

"Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don't fill your thoughts, that's your best season."
... - Wu-Men

"The sweet calm sunshine of October, now
Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mold
The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough
drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold."
- William Cullen Bryant

Beets, Cabbage, Apples: 8 Vibrant Fall Salads

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/salad/squash-cabbage-apples-8-vibrant-fall-salads-157278

Try Organic Food...or as your grandparents called it, "Food"

Crock Pot Apple Butter

CROCK POT APPLE BUTTER Read more about it at www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1612,156179-245203,00.html
Content Copyright © 2011 Cooks.com - All rights reserved.

... Approximately 3 lb. apples
3 cups sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cloves
Dash of salt
3/4 cup water or fresh apple cider

Fill Crock-pot 3/4 full with peeled, cored and sliced apples. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until evenly mixed. Cover and cook on low setting overnight or until the butter is of a thick, spreadable consistency.
If apple butter has too much liquid, remove lid and cook on high until thickened. Stir often as butter thickens to prevent scorching.

Store in refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. Freeze for longer storage.

Variation: For a less sweet apple butter, substitute 1 cup honey for the sugar.

To can the apple butter, pack into hot jars leaving 1/4-inch headspace and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

2011 Cinderella's Pumpkin Village

http://www.facebook.com/admorford#!/media/set/?set=a.1528945718848.44632.1690881339

10 Surprising Uses for Baking Soda

http://www.yummly.com/blog/2011/09/10-surprising-uses-for-baking-soda/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=pagepost&utm_content=yummly&utm_campaign=10-surprising-uses-for-baking-soda

Most delicious cake ever made out of veggie juice scraps.

Grow Home Organics

‎2 cups flour, 1 tbsp baking powder, 2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt,1 tsp cinnamon, 4 eggs, 1 cup vegetable oil, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 3 cups carrot/spinach juicer mixture. Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt ...and cinnamon. In a separate bowl combine eggs, oil, and brown sugar, beat well. Combine egg mixture and flour mixture, fold in carrot mixture. Spread into greased baking pan, bake 20 to 30 minutes.

Cinnamon Plum Jam

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cinnamon-Plum-Jam/Detail.aspx

A Low Impact Woodland Home

http://www.simondale.net/house/

Pumpkin Spice Syrup

http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/drinks/pumpkin-spice-syrup/

Easy Autumn Cake

http://fix-itandforget-it.com/blog/2011/09/26/easy-autumn-cake/#more-2869

Chewy, Spicy, Crispy, Sweet - 15 Cookies for Fall

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/chewy-spicy-crispy-sweet-15-cookies-for-fall-156921

Eating in Season!

http://thenaturallivingsite.com/blog/2011/09/eating-in-season-fall-fruits-vegetables-and-meats/

Blueberry Butter

http://www.artandlemons.com/2011/09/blueberry-butter.html

Pretty Pear Jelly

http://thingswemake.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/pretty-pear-jelly/