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Before the First Frost: A Checklist for the Turn of the Season
Orchard- Inspired Menu for Fall • Pear, Walnut, and Blue Cheese Salad • Cider-Braised Chicken with Apples • Cinnamon
Your Empty Nest: New Life for Their Old Room 10 College drop-off leaves many homes with a quiet extra room and no plan for it. In this article we look at five directions that room can take, from guest room to reading room to home gym, each one arranged so its original occupant still feels welcome when they come home for break. This article walks through the end-of-summer checklist in three parts: putting the garden to bed and planting for spring, catching the small repairs that winter makes worse, and getting the house sealed and serviced before the first hard frost.
Apple and Pear Crisp
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Rake, Feed, Mulch: What Your Landscape Needs in September
The yard’s last working month deserves a plan. Here’s Home Sweet Home ’s fall cleanup plan, from the final feeding and aeration that carry a lawn through winter, to the mulching and tool care that make next spring start easy.
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September 2026
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