What to Buy, Grow, and Eat in October

We are beginning to get dangerously close to winter now aren’t we? October is a wonderful month for finishing up any outdoor harvests and getting any remaining produce canned up or frozen. It’s the perfect month to pull out the kids’ winter clothes and pack away the summer clothes and if you are like me…it’s a great time to start watching for deals for Christmas presents or to begin making them if you make handmade gifts.

What to Buy, Grow, and Eat in October

As with each month of the year, there are several things that you should be buying, eating, and even growing in the month of October. This post is another in our series that will take us through each month of the year so that you can “make the most of your month”. At the beginning of each month, I will post an article just like this one with a list of what you should be buying, growing, and eating during the following month to help you plan our your schedule and budget.

Some highlights of the October list are:

Buy –

• Jeans
• Summer Clothing

Grow – 

• Garlic
• Shallots

Eat – 

• Tomatoes
• Pumpkins
• Melons

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Some recipes that you might want to try with this month’s seasonal produce:

• Peach Cantaloupe Butter
• Fresh Coleslaw
• Bean with Bacon Soup
• Cheesy Tomatoes
• Sun-Dried Tomatoes
• Pear Tart
• Sweet Potato Apple Fry
• Sweet Potato Biscuits
• Sweet Potato Crackers
• Pumpkin Cookies
• Easy Pumpkin Bites
• Pumpkin Zucchini Bread
• Cooking Spaghetti Squash
• Yellow Squash Biscuits
• Cooking Winter Squash