Adding fertilizer is only one way to show a lawn some care after a long, hot summer season fades to fall. (Photo: Chris Enroth, Illinois Extension)

Five fall tips for cool-season lawn care

Decorated entrance to house with pumpkins in basket and chrysanthemum. Front Porch decorated for fall season. (Photo: iStock - Тодорчук Екатерина)
Sunflower seeds (Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)

Harvesting and roasting sunflower seeds

The time to plant cool-season crops like carrots is fast approaching while warm-seeded crops need to be planted as soon as possible. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
View from the top of an open family compost (Photo: iStock - OceanProd)

Composting at home provides free resource when done right

Neatening up the lawn in autumn or fall using a lawnmower to cut and bag the grass and dead leaves under trees alongside the road (Photo: iStock - Ozgur Coskun)

Checklist for September yard and garden tasks

Lawn in summer dormancy from heat, drought stress (Photo: K-State Research and Extension.)

Lawn Stressed? September is time for relief