Autumn Tips

FALL MAINTENANCE TASKS

Outside
* Replace weather striping and caulking around doors and windows
* Clean and remove screens
* Drain outside faucets
* Remove leaves from gutters

Inside
* Test your smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector
*Change batteries in both (twice a year)
*Service heating system and change filters
*Clean refrigerator coils
*Check fire extinguishers


OCTOBER HOME DECORATING TIPS

*Hollow out apples or mini pumpkins and us as votive candle holders
* Create centerpieces by filling vases with dried flowers, leaves and empty branches
* Serve fresh veggies using a hollowed out pumpkin as a bowl

OCTOBER RECIPE

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

To roast pumpkin seeds, do not wash them first - it removes all the natural favors. Remove the seeds from the strings and place a single layer on a cookie sheet. Add salt to taste and bake at 250 degrees about 15-30 minutes.

For sweet and spicy seeds - mix 5T sugar; 1/4 t. corse sale, 1/4 t. ground cumin, 1/4 t. ground cinnamon, 1/4 t. ground ginger and a pinch of cayenne pepper.