When the days get cooler (and shorter), it is now a good time to prune some leaves from your tomato plants to help sunshine reach the fruit. The warmth helps ripen it. Consider also severing the outer roots of your plants, with a shovel, in random places – about a foot away from the stem. [...]

Harvesting should be in full swing about now (depending on where you live) so it is a great time to begin considering your plan for fall and winter seasons. Begin or continue composting garden/lawn wastes as you tidy for winter. You could also sow a green manure crop such as crimson clover, vetch or field [...]