Fall Season Pictures in the Morrow Area

MORROW, OH -- Warren County resident Sheila Brown took her camera out earlier this month and shot some pictures that captured the Fall Season that she'd like to share.

 Zinnias are daisy  like flowers that bloom in brilliant colors of white, pink, red, orange and green. These plants were purchased from a school fundraiser and brilliantly bloom in the front yard of Pam Morris'. 

These pictures were taken on the way to Pleasant Plain (a village in Harlan Township, Warren County). 

What do you do with dried corn stalks?

1. Make corn stalk wreaths.
2. Add height to planters with pumpkins or mums.
3. Wrap around porch posts or tie a bundle beside your front door with a seasonal-colored ribbon.
4. Make a yard decoration with a centerpiece of corn stalks and pumpkins of all sizes, shapes and colors. 

What about Sunflowers?

Sunflower seeds have health benefits for adults and children. Add them to baked food, granola bars, salads, cereal, or stir them into tuna or chicken salad. Sunflower seeds and hearts are a favorite for garden birds. Sunflower seeds are considered to be the best whole food source of Vitamin E, an antioxidant that helps protect cell membranes, brain cells, and lower the risk for chronic diseases. Sunflower seeds offer two times more protein than walnuts and pecans and six times more Vitamin E than peanuts.

Corn Stalks or Fodder and Pumpkins. 

Pumpkins can be cooked, frozen, and used later. Divide cooked and cooled pumpkin into 1 cup servings and freeze to make pumpkin pies, breads, cookies and casseroles. One of my favorite recipes is Pumpkin Pie Ramekins, by Dr. Peter H. Gott's "No Flour, No Sugar Cookbook" page 232.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup Equal, Splenda, or 1/4 cup of regular Sugar 
• 2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 2 eggs
• One 15 - ounce can Pumpkin or 15 ounces of cooked fresh pumpkin
• One 12 - can Evaporated Skim Milk

Directions:Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Blend Equal and pumpkin spice in a small bowl. In a separate large bowl, beat eggs. Add Equal and Pumpkin Spice mixture to eggs. Mix in pumpkin. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. Spoon into 8 ramekins. Place in a pan with water halfway up the sides of ramekins. BAKE FOR 10 MINUTES. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake 30 minutes longer. Cool and remove ramekins from the pan. Cool in pan until you can pick up the ramekins without burning fingers. Serve warm or cool. Serve plain or add whipping cream on top. Serves 8.

 
Bowling Farm at Pleasant Plain with Roosters and Hens. James Whitcomb Riley wrote"...the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens, and the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence..."  His poem below for you to enjoy....

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