Editor's Tip: With fall comes the promise of leaves, clumping up on your grass and matting down ... And it's wise to trim back all branches that are close to or touching the shingles.

4. Rake well so grass can breath Fall is also when leaves on the trees begin to turn shades of orange, yellow and red.

Every autumn we revel in the beauty of the fall colors. The mixture of red, purple, orange and yellow is the result of chemical processes that take place in the tree as the seasons change from summer ...

Gardner said, by mid-to-late October, the fall leaf color should ... a bit colder and the leaves should turn prettier. Of course we want to encourage people to go up to Virginia and West Virginia ...