Creative Ways to Use Up Fall Leftovers

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Friday, October 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM

Dear community,
Do you have any plans for using up your autumn leftovers from the garden and from crafting?

Schnuckelina

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM

Dear Josefa,
you’ve asked about two completely different things in a single sentence. Maybe that’s why no one here is really answering. Is this meant for gardeners, or is it about crafts...? Since I can address both topics, here’s a comment:

In my garden, there are autumn leftovers. For example, the peels from my many fragrant apples, which I’ve cooked down into applesauce and apple juice. From the peels (which are actually scraps for the compost heap), I always make delicious apple cider vinegar. So it’s a practical and tasty way to use up leftovers.

Yes, what are “autumn leftovers” when it comes to crafts? The only thing that comes to mind is my orange yarn scraps, which I used to crochet pumpkins. Of the pumpkins in the big picture, I’ve kept the large one; all the others have already “walked off.”