Fall season gives gardeners time to prepare for spring

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | 10:00 a.m. CDT; updated 6:05 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

After a frozen out spring, a battle with the summer heat and drought — is it year number four, five or six? I have lost count — the fall is a refreshing time for all of us. After a dismal spring with most of our blooming plants frozen into mush and our mid-spring blooming plants compromised, I was ready for the fall season.

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