What are your plans this fall? It has always been my favorite time of the year and I love the change of seasons. It is such a busy time and starts off the months of holidays ahead.
Picking apples and pumpkins seem to be two of the more traditional things to do in fall. When planning think of what you want to do, when and with who.
You could pick apples at the beginning of September. Apples are a ceremonial item for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, you could bake and take mini apple pies to a dinner or freeze them to eat in the future. Something I just tried was the Fall Apples cooking class at Sur La Table. All the dishes used apples, were delicious and easy enough to make at home giving us a bunch of ways to use up our apples we picked.
You should plan on getting pumpkins at the end of September, so they last until Halloween, but you get to enjoy them for the month leading up to it. Do not plan on carving for Halloween until a few days before the holiday if you want them out for Trick-or-Treaters to marvel at. And then you can cook the pumpkin seeds and enjoy them for the holiday.
If these are not things that interest you and your family you can find holiday plays or lightshows, the internet is full of ideas that will satisfy everyone. Enjoy fall y’all.
*TECH TIP*
Look on-line for Pumpkin patches and Apple Orchards to visit and then search for a cooking class at a place like Sur La Table to find new ways to incorporate those seasonal items into your meals.
*ORGANIZATION TIP*
To make sure you are prepared for picking season be sure to plan and organize your trunk with boxes and/or garbage bags and towels to keep the items together and from creating a mess.