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"The poetry of the earth is never dead."—John Keats, poet

Happy Herbs and Houseplants. Dig and pot up herbs to bring indoors for winter use. Give them a good rinse to remove any pests and place in a sunny window. When the night temperatures begin to drop below 55 degrees F its time to bring your houseplants back inside. Spray them off with the garden hose to eliminate any hitchhiking insects.

Tomato Tip. Mature green tomatoes can be ripened indoors. Wrap each fruit individually in newspapers. Store in a cool location (55-60 degrees F) until ripe.

Harvesting Brussel Sprouts. Don't harvest brussel sprouts until after a hard frost. This makes them much sweeter.

Create Cuttings. Take cuttings of impatients, coleus and phlox to over winter for next year's plants.

Shrub Idea. Fall is the perfect to plant balled and burlaped shrubs. Be sure to remove wire baskets and nylon twine. Keep well-watered up until the ground freezes.

An Apple A Day. Visit a local apple orchard. Pick a bushel or two to take home. Make some apple butter and applesauce with them.

Harvest Time. Harvest winter squash before a frost. Store them in a cool dark location. Pick your apples, pears, grapes and fall bearing raspberries too. Make some homemade jams or jellies to use over the winter.

Cover Up. Keep a rowcover handy to cover tomatoes and peppers in case of an early frost.

Flower Tip. Stop fertilizing roses, also stop cutting blooms. This gives the plant time to form hips and prepare for winter.

Shake It Up. Make sure the compost pile stays well mixed. If it's full start a new one to receive the soon-to-be falling leaves.

Prepare Your Peonies. Divide peonies this month, be sure to replant at the same depth. Keep well water until the ground freezes.

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