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Red Oak Leaves

Fall Leaves: Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Ever wonder why leaves change color? Did you know that fall’s vivid colors are actually hidden...
Garlic Bulbs

Planting Garlic in the Fall

Garlic is incredibly useful in the kitchen and surprisingly easy to grow in the garden. The best...
Fall Garden Tasks

Fall Cleanup in Vegetable Gardens

To avoid problems next year, start your vegetable garden cleanup tasks in autumn before the weather...
Wheelbarrow Leaf Clean-up

Preparing Your Garden for Winter

After a bountiful season, it’s time to prepare your garden for winter—and ensure a beautiful and...
Cranberry Bowl

Cranberries: Get ’Em While You Can

Among only a few native North American fruits cultivated commercially in the modern era,...
Witch Hazel

Best Shrubs for Fall Planting

Fall is the best time to plant shrubs. As the gardening season winds down, it’s the last call for...
Coneflowers: Winterizing Your Perennial Garden

How to Cut Back Perennials in Fall

How do you cut back perennials? Some can be cut down after the first killing frost; others can be...
Frost Leaf

How to Predict a Frost

Frost is one of a gardener’s worst foes! Learn how to predict frost, understand the difference...
Autumnal Equinox

The Misunderstood Equinox

Can you balance an egg on the autumnal equinox? Does the Sun rise due east and set due west for all...
Best Apple Recipes

Apple Recipes: 15 Favorites for Fall

Enjoy 15 of our must-make apple recipes, including a delicious apple pie recipe, apple cake, apple...
Fall Leaves

What To Do With Fall Leaves

We don’t call it “fall” for nothing. If lots of leaves have fallen in your yard, why not put them...
Autumn in Colorado

Autumnal Equinox 2020: The First Day of Fall

In 2020, the autumnal equinox—also called the September equinox or fall equinox—arrives on Tuesday...
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How to Plant a Fall Vegetable Garden

Plant a fall vegetable garden—to extend the growing season and your harvest. See our fall planting...
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Bulbs to Plant in Fall

Fall is bulb-planting time! It’s so easy to stick bulbs in the ground—and so magical to see their...
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter 360

When Do the Seasons Start in 2020?

When do all of the four seasons—fall, winter, spring, and summer—start and end? Find your equinox...
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Extend the Growing Season: Cold Frames, Row Covers, and Ideas

Extend your growing season into the colder months so that you can harvest fresh food from your...
When to Plant Mums

Chrysanthemums: When to Really Plant Mums

Every year in the fall, I suffer a bout of mum madness when garden centers and big boxes brim with...
Acorns and Leaves

How to Prepare and Cook Acorns

Have you ever wondered if the squirrels might be onto something? In fact, they are! Acorns are...
Autumn Joy Fall Garden

The Best Fall Flowers for Your Garden

Summer’s end does not mean the flower blooms have to end! Here are some of our favorite fall-...
Second Spring: Fall Gardening

Planting Vegetables for a Fall Harvest

Summer is still at its peak, but the days are getting shorter and fall is on the way. Are you...
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Fall Vegetable Garden Planning: Choosing the Best Plants for Autumn Growing

Plan a vegetable garden to extend into autumn.  Now’s the time to plan the fall garden because you...
Witch Hazel

What is Witch Hazel?

Our witch hazel started blooming in February. Its yellow to orange-red flowers add a slash of color...
September Song

September Gardening Tips

After Labor Day, I can feel and see the slowing of photosynthesis as plants wind down their season...
Fall Cleanup

10 Fall Cleanup Tips for a Better Spring Garden

When it comes to fall yard and garden cleanup, we have evolved our thinking. It’s not necessary to...
Pothos houseplant

Houseplant Care Guide

Here are quick tips to keep your houseplants happy and healthy. From knowing how often to water to...
Cold Frames in Hoop House

Extending the Growing Season with a Hoop House

You can get more growing days—if not weeks—by building a hoop house! You’ll extend the season into...
Tree Planting

Tree-Planting Tips for Fall

From a tree’s point of view, fall is an excellent planting time—even better than spring. Many...
Fall Leaves on Lawn

Fall Leaves: Cleaning up the Lawn, Home, and Garden

While fall cleanup may not be much fun, we choose to see the task as a trade-off for the beautiful...
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Fall Foliage Forecast 2017

One of the joys of fall is the beautiful fall foliage—the reds, oranges, yellows, and browns. How...
Golden Fall Leaves

The Value of Leaves

Foliage season is a mixed blessing. I have one eye on the gorgeous spectacle of changing colors and...
Lettuce and Broccoli

Fall Garden: When to Plant Vegetables for the Fall

Here’s a handy fall garden guide to help you decide what to plant in the fall garden and when to...
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How to Make Leaf Mold

Fallen leaves can be time-consuming to deal with, so don’t waste all that hard work by throwing...
Pumpkin Spice for Fall Baking

A Century-Long Passion for Pumpkin Spice

There’s pumpkin-spice everything in stores this time of year. Who invented pumpkin spice? Or, where...
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Pumpkin Mac and Cheese Recipe How-To Video

This delicious macaroni and cheese recipe adds pumpkin for a much loved seasonal taste! Great for...
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A Journey Through the Seasons: In Celebration of our 225th Anniversary!

Celebrate the seasons with this beautiful collection of seasonal photos shared by Almanac readers—...
Asters: Stars of the Fall Garden

Asters: Stars of the Fall Garden

Summer is winding down but the asters are just getting started, adding splashes of lavender, purple...
Fall Tasks

Fall Tasks: Harvest, Store & Plant

Like you, I’m harvesting vegetables and fruits from my garden and preparing them for storage.  I...
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Succession Planting using the Garden Planner

Succession Planting is where you grow more than one crop in the same area of ground during...
Tips and Treats

Tips and Treats

Outdoor gardening has ended for most of us north of an imaginary line drawn from Los Angeles...
More Winding Down a Difficult Season

More Winding Down a Difficult Season

If you garden in an area not affected by drought, you may wonder why I’m obsessing.  #1: High...