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The
Big Energy Hole in Your House
· Procrastinate
Home Projects No More
· Mistakes
Homebuyers Make
· Having
an Organized Kitchen
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The
Low Down on Prepayment Penalties
·
Preparing
Your Garden for Winter
·
Turkey
Leftover Recipes
·
Seasonal
Suggestion
·Past Issues: October,
September,
August,
July,
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Monthly
Quote |
“An
optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
“
Irv Kupcinet, journalist, (1912 – 2003)
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| Tip
Of The Month |
You may think that your evergreens
will “weather” the winter just fine since they retain
their color throughout the season. However, like other plants
and trees, evergreens need winterizing. Here are some tips to
help your evergreens withstand the cold:
• Autumn watering. In winter, narrow and broadleaf
evergreens lose water through their leaves and cannot replace
it because the soil may be frozen. In mid to late fall, make
sure the soil is watered well. You can even water in mid-winter
if the temperature is above freezing.
• Preventing breakage. Evergreens can suffer breakage
from the weight of snow or ice. Prevent this by fastening
heavy twine at the base of the tree and winding it up to the
top and back down again, in a reverse spiral. Be sure to remove
the twine before growing season.
• Protecting young plants. Use burlap screen stretched
around three stakes to protect young or vulnerable plants,
especially those located in south, west and windy exposure
areas. Wrap most of the plant, but leave the top exposed so
the plant still gets sunlight.
(Source: Gardening All-in-One for Dummies,
the National Gardening Association, Wiley Publishing, Inc.,
2003)
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Seasonal
Suggestion
 For
many, the holidays are a good reason to forget those low-carb, low-calorie
diets for a while and break out recipes too rich for the rest of the
year. For anyone not familiar with author and entertainer Ruby Ann Boxcar,
her collections of recipes are of just that sort. “There ain’t
nothin’ like good trailer park cookin’!” as Ruby Ann
says. Try this fantastic pumpkin pie recipe from Ruby Ann’s first
book for your Thanksgiving celebration.
Pumpkin Pie
2 cups
cooked pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
½ teaspoon ginger
1 ¼ cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon vanilla (or imitation vanilla) extract
½ teaspoon salt
1 slightly pre-baked pie shell
Combine
all the ingredients and blend thoroughly. Pour into pie shell, and bake
for 35 minutes at 350 degrees. Let it cool down and top it with whipped
cream.
(Source:
Ruby Ann’s Down Home Trailer Park Cookbook, by Ruby Ann Boxcar,
Kensington Publishing Corp., New York, 2002)
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