Tom Atwell

And it's time to start thinking about fall planting.

A garden should have flowers in bloom from as early to as late in the growing season as possible to attract pollinators.

Rhododendron shrubs, and even the tiny viola, may surprise and delight you in winter.

A lime-green snack cucumber, disease-resistant corn and a Hungarian potato are among the new offerings.

With winter coming, columnist Tom Atwell cheers himself up with new houseplants.

It was an good year in the garden, especially for the flowers.

In the not-too-distant past, raking was a standard fall chore. Now some say that raking the leaves in your yard hurts the natural world.

It's time to bring them back inside the house and give them a little TLC.

You can do so by planting cover crops, or mulching with items like grass clippings, compost or leaves.

But there's an exception to every rule: Several types of shrubs and certain pruning jobs are suitable for fall.