Put a layer of straw under your gourds and pumpkins to prevent rotting and scarring. When you pull up your carrots and other root vegetables, push them gently down into the soil first then pull up with a slight twist and they will come up much easier. Larger plants may be thinned out now, in the fall, leaving vigorous younger plants room to grow. Mulch with straw after December 1st. Hold straw in place with weighted boards or soil.
Lawns grow best in the spring and fall.
Apply high nitrogen, Fertilome Winterizer, your grass will green up faster in the spring. Don't let the weeds winter through with your grass, put on one more application of Fertilome Weed and feed, Oct.-Nov. is a great time to kill weeds in your lawn. It is also a great time to aerate and re-seed bare spots. Now is when many tropical water lilies are blooming. Kill them now when they are most vulnerable with systemic herbicides.