You may be tempted to prune back your garden at the first sign of fall, but when it comes to certain plants, you might want to put away the shears. If you want a tidy winter landscape that's ready for ...

Just because it's September doesn't mean it's too late to plant some fruits and vegetables, either for a fall harvest or an early harvest next spring.

Alan warns in his September pests and diseases section: “Check tomatoes for signs of blight. In warm, wet weather an attack can kill off a whole crop very quickly and infected crops must be destroyed.