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Fall Garden Tasks

Fall Chores: Autumn...

It’s time to start on those fall garden chores. Here is a to-do list for fall vegetable garden...
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Preparing Your Garden...

Check out our tips for preparing your garden for frost and overwintering your plants in order to...
Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Fall Leaves: Why Do...

Why do leaves change color in the fall? When exactly do they change, and how does the process occur...
Planting Garlic

Planting Garlic in the...

Fall is traditionally the time to plant garlic in many regions. Just like onions and other plants...
Cranberry Bowl

Cranberries: Get ’Em...

Among only a few native North American fruits cultivated commercially in the modern era,...
When to Plant Mums

Chrysanthemums: When to...

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

Plan a fall garden, especially if you have gaps in your garden after harvesting some of your crops...
When is Fall: Autumnal Equinox

First Day of Fall: The...

Autumn starts again with the autumnal equinox on September 22. Welcome in the fall season on the...
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Fall Garden: When to...

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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House Plant Growing Tips

Here are a few key growing tips for houseplants. Please add your own tips at the end of this page!...
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Witch Hazel: Plant and...

Witch hazel is a shrub that blooms in late October or November and can make for a valuable...
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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...

What is pumpkin spice made up of? Who came up with pumpkin spice? Where did this spice blend come...
Coneflowers: Winterizing Your Perennial Garden

Get your Perennial...

Fall is here and most perennial gardens are looking a little tired. Time to get your garden cleaned...
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Pumpkin Mac and Cheese...

This delicious macaroni and cheese recipe adds pumpkin for a much loved seasonal taste! Great for...
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What to Expect from...

One of the joys of fall is the beautiful fall foliage—the reds, oranges, yellows, and browns. How...
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A Journey Through the...

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

Asters: Stars of the...

Summer is winding down but the asters are just getting started, adding splashes of lavender, purple...
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Top 10 Apple Recipes

Enjoy 10 of our favorite apple recipes, including the best apple pie recipe, apple butter, apples...
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Fall Vegetable Garden...

In this video, we demonstrate how you can select plants for your fall garden by choosing vegetables...
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...
Fall Tasks

Fall Tasks: Harvest,...

Like you, I’m harvesting vegetables and fruits from my garden and preparing them for storage.  I...
September Song

September Song

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

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...

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