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Garden Design Magazine/Winners Announced

BY Kevin Lee Jacobs | 721 Comments

Last updated on September 28th, 2016

largecoverFirst, let me tell you all how much I enjoyed reading your autumn thoughts. And next, let me list the winners of this giveaway:

#73 from Merry; #88 from Cat T., and #661 from David B.

Congratulations, Merry, Cat, and David! To receive your 1-year subscription to Garden Design magazine, just send me a note, and be sure to include your shipping information.

A Friendly Reminder: Wanna buy your own subscription to Garden Design, and receive your first issue for free? Click here: www.gardendesign.com.

Today, because autumn is finally here, and because I love chrysanthemums, asters, and colorful fall foliage, I’m giving away a few subscriptions to Garden Design magazine!

As I’ve mentioned in the past, Garden Design is the one-and-only periodical to which I subscribe. Each issue is a collector’s item: 148 pages of useful content, and no ads! Highlights from the autumn issue:

F2C89M Collection of dried flower seed pods and seeds from the garden in a wooden traySeed Saving. Wanna collect seeds from your favorite plants? Here’s everything you need to know — and then some.

field-of-tulips-hortus-bulborum-hortus-bulborum_11351Tulips. In this article by Tovah Martin, we discover the do’s and don’ts of planting tulips, and get design ideas for incorporating these flowers into our own gardens. Pictured above (and making me drool) are 2,300 tulips — arranged alphabetically by variety — at Hortus Bulborum in Limmen, Netherlands. Photo credit: Rob Cardillo/Garden Design.

01-loughrey-saba-hogan-113Celebrate Autumn.  Take Janet Loughrey’s advice, and replace worn-out annuals with mums, ornamental kale and grasses. Then arrange pumpkins and gourds around the yard, decorate lamp posts and arbors with dried cornstalks, and…well, you’ll just have to read Janet’s cheerful list of autumn chores! Photo credit: Janet Loughrey/Garden Design

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    Jenn says

    Pumpkins! Not just pumpkin spice everything, but the fat, cheery, orange fellows all lined up in the fields!

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    Nancy says

    I love Autumn; cooler weather, fresh apples and cider, beautiful colored leaves and walking through crunchy leaves, and my birthday!
    Enjoy your week-end!

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    Jude says

    I love the crisp fall mornings and the afternoons with the sun on the leaves turning color creating the beautiful paintings.

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    Mary Neumueller says

    I love the bright fall colors (leaves and flowers) and the refreshing air, although this fall our area has had hot temps and high humidity much longer than anyone ever would have imagined.

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    Emily P. says

    Oh, everything! Cooler weather, less humidity, less bugs (after a frost), hearty soups, oven-baked suppers, and apples. And pumpkins, I love pumpkins. And Beggar’s Night, we love that. And leaves, beautiful leaves! Corn mazes! Hay rides! I could go on, but I think you get the gist.

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    Denise says

    Local fruit stands loaded up with apples, cider, pumpkins, Indian corn and mums. Cool weather and autumn leaves. The smell of wood fires on a cool night.

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    Karen Kellogg says

    Fall is the cozy season; one can get out the sweaters and think about a fire, but one isn’t actually cold yet…

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    MaryAnn A Pichacz says

    I love the blue sky with white clouds, sitting outside on a fall day, colored leaves gently dropping past me. Kids coming home from school to rake them up then jump in the leaf piles.

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    Janet Roderick says

    I love the color and smell of the autumn leaves here in Maine. The cool, dry air is so refreshing.

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    Gerri says

    After a hectic summer, I enjoy changing gears, nesting, using the crockpot more often and enjoying the fall garden. October is my favorite month of the year….crisp air, beautiful colors and a bountiful harvest!

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    Arlene M says

    Just love the change of the season to Fall. Colorful leaves, maybe the smell of burning leaves (a left over kid thing) , one pot meals, soup! Enough said!

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    Jennifer Voss says

    I love snuggling under a down throw on a garden chair with my coffee, enjoying the changing leaves and the view of the wild park across the street. And I enjoy not sweating buckets while gardening.

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    Cathy B. Matthews says

    I love bright orange pumpkins, the little assorted gourds, the color of the fall leaves, the cooler air, and the smell of burning leaves. I think it’s my favorite time of the year.

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    Tinah says

    Here in Georgia, I love the cooler weather and the changing leaves. Also, the end of mosquito season!

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    Joseph says

    There is nothing better than having the first fire in the den fireplace. Sitting back with a cup of mulled cider and fresh gingerbread.

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    Susan Bankard says

    I love summer! But, I do love the smell and sound of crunching leaves when I go for a walk in the autumn air.

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    Beverly, zone 6, eastern PA says

    What I love about fall is:
    Laboring in the garden without soaking every item of my clothing with perspiration before noon.
    This past summer was wickedly, viciously hot, humid and oppressive. We had seven heat waves, defined by 90+ degree temps for 3 days or more.
    I believe I have never been so happy to see the calendar say “Autumn has arrived.”

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    Deb H. says

    I love the cool mornings/evenings and the caressing warmth of the afternoon sun! Walking through fallen leaves and making soup again.

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    kt mm says

    Fall brings my favorite holiday-Halloween!!! Honorable mention to: apples, pumpkin spice, cooler days, bright blue skies, & harvest time.

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    KellyM says

    I love the smell of leaves on the ground. Walking through the woods and kicking up the leaves …… deep breath in ………… heaven !!

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    Sandy Douglass Abalos says

    I love fall, it means planting a cover crop to put my big garden to bed for winter, mulching my raised boxes, and prepping Amaryllis for Christmas blooms (fingers crossed).

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    Bette says

    Went apple picking yesterday and found out only school children can pick during the week. Decided to pick zinnias instead. Ended up with a gorgeous bunch of flowers to display!

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    Cheryl Ruscansky says

    I love the smell of autumn! Cooler temps bring me back into the kitchen, lots of fresh apples, squashes, tomatos, potatos….soups and breads everyday.

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    Cherylann McGuire says

    I love that the temperature is low enough where I can trt making comfort menus again!!!

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    Javier J Echavarri says

    Probably my favorite season (winter is pretty close though). I love the cool crisp air, the colorful foliage and the crunch of the leaves. I love picking apples and baking w/them. I love celebrating Halloween. Overall it is just an awesome season!

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    DebbyMc says

    I love the light and knowing that the heat of summer will eventually end. Trips to the Northeast are always lovely, too, with the beautiful autumn colors and smells.

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    Ginni Erion says

    I enjoy the scent of fall; the crispness in the air carries the scent of dampness, fires, leaves…

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    Myrtle Miller says

    I think if I lived by a forest where winter meant snow and ice and the howl of wolves could be heard at night and ice hung from tree branches forming an icy cathedral, winter would be my favorite season, but I alas I live in Louisiana so I instead have to choose the Fall which for me means drier temps, less humidity and cooler temps which translates into more energy. And my favorite things would probably be white pumpkins, hay rides, and bon fires.

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    JParker says

    I love that it conjures memories~ of picking pumpkins with kids, farmer’s markets with friends, getting the house ready to entertain family and friends.

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    Suzin says

    Hot apple cider with cinnamon sticks, burning leaves, making Chili Con Carne, putting my garden to bed, listening to the geese call out as they get ready to fly south, decorating my house and counting my blessings! 🙂

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    Meg says

    Autumn appleals to every sense – the sight of spectacular fall colors, the feel cool crisp and dry air, the smell if damp earth, the sound of leaves blowing in the wind and crunching under foot and the taste of the fall harvest.

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    Pat says

    I love the trees’ burst of splendor before sinking into rest and contemplation – and that as the leaves fall, I can see through things that were previously hidden under the busyness of their working leaves. The richness of nuts and berries, and the way the forest’s edge smells of wine. The drawing inward even as autumn’s beauty tempts us outward, and the way homes become nests. Everything about autumn fills me up.

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    Lesley Larsen says

    I love the changes the season brings – from the fresher air and first frosts, to the incredible colours in the high Laurentians where I live, the early morning mists and of course the gardening chores that, for me, include a lot of transplanting of perennials who have outgrown their earlier digs. While it’s a sign of what is to come, for me it is a time to renew and refresh – and not just in the garden.

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    lynnalmand says

    Brilliant blue sky and white clouds, solidago, asters, wild ageratum/blue mist flower, helianthus, sumac leaves, and all the beautiful roadside wildflowers.

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    Robin E. says

    My favorite thing is filling up the pantry with the last of the jams for the year. Southern style pumpkin-lemon-ginger chips [marmalade] is one of my favorites.

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    Lois says

    Everything?! The crisp air scented from falling leaves, the colors, the bounty, the anticipation of the holiday season!

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    Sharon from Maine says

    I prefer Spring and Summer. So much to look forward to. In Fall, things start to die. That makes me sad. Then I wait for the first snow and snowshoeing.

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    Lynne H says

    September is my favorite month as the heat lessens but the days are still perfect. The trees start to turn fabulous colors and everything takes on a more subtle beauty.

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    Kate says

    Why do I love Autumn? Let me count the ways! Having all those lucious root vegetables in the house. Making soups every Sunday and baking bread don Mondays. Picking apples and then spending the day making applesauce and apple crisp. Walking through fallen leaves that spread along the pavement like a Persian. Drawing tiny faces on acorns for my grandchildren. Drying herbs and then squirreling them away for winter cooking. The way Rudbeckia leaves smell as it goes to seed. (I call it “rabbit tobacco”!) The way bittersweet berries peel away to that wonderful orange, and then watching the birds feast on them and on the large crimson pips on the hedge rose. The scent of wood smoke on the air as we light the first fires of the season throughout the neighborhood. Shawls are brought out and put on chair backs, ovens are lit again, firewood is readied by the door, and a more forgiving sun shines through a golden screen of yellowing maple leaves, embracing each north-facing room with warmth. I love Autumn!

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    Shelagh says

    I love the vivid colors. The warm sunshine with just a hint of coolness in the air. Time to put parts of the garden to bed. Cheers.

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    Merry says

    I love autumn! the weather is perfect, my late fall and winter veggies are coming along nicely in the garden (an ongoing experiment), the yahoos and motorcycles are gone, and there are the most amazing sunsets! And I love my local wildlife refuge, now blooming with late asters, goldenrod and evening primrose, full of visiting Great Egrets, nighthawks making their way south, and Great Blue Herons fishing until the last minute before flying off to roost along the Concord River. Its really a dream time.

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    Rod says

    I love the cooler weather so I can start using the oven again. Today I am baking a ham and will have potato scallop with it and maybe even whip a a pumpkin pie.

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    Jeanette Schroeder says

    Love the fall colors, cooler temperatures and harvest meals. Planting bulbs and decorating with pumpkins and mums. Long hikes on the Ice age Trail is a winner, too.

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    Linda Cooke says

    Texas summers are hot, so when fall finally arrives it is a blessing. I love the cooler weather and the changing of the foliage, as plants go to seed in preparation for renewal in the spring and leaves turn colors and start to fall.

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    Lucie says

    Cooking fall meals and celebrating birthdays, Halloween and Thanksgiving — a festive time in our family!

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    Becky Wheeler says

    I love everything about autumn, it’s like a new beginning, with a change in the weather, a change in wardrobe, different in-season vegetables and flowers, and opportunites to decorate and celebrate!

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    Carla Griffin says

    The cooler weather which makes it more bearable to get back out in the yard and grow something!

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    Cat Taylor says

    I like the cooler temperatures that slowly make the way into my area as well as the colorful fall mums.

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    Cheryl Scharling says

    Autumn is the last hurrah before winter. The skies show off their unbelievable blues and lamb’s wool clouds. Leaves, veggies, and flowers throw on their vivid wardrobes, brilliant and feisty characters all! Scents of cinnamon, spices, the earthiness of soil being put to its winter sleep, and burning leaves waft through the crisp air. And, finally, finally we spy chili and stew, pies and apple cider doughnuts, leisurely-roasted squash and onions and maple-glazed carrots on the groaning dining room table, saying, Come! Indulge! Savor!”

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    Linda Stone says

    I am a new gardener and can use all the help I can get! Autumn is my favorite season and when I can finally return to my beloved flower beds after the heat and humidity of summer that keeps me indoors too much. Here in San Antonio, Autumn and Winter are my gardening months and I look forward to them every year. And so many wonderful things to bake with apples, too

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    Judy C says

    I love the colors… the trees, the fall flowes, the winter squash, the vegetable that I can still grow into fall … the Swiss Chard, peas, beets. Ahh!

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    Linda Holcomb says

    I love the colors, the smells of pumpkin spice and hot spiced apple cider, the harvests from the summer growing season, the knowledge that I worked hard all summer on the gardening and canning and now I can enjoy the end of the season. One last feeling of the glow and serenity before what comes after Fall.

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    LauraB says

    The light of autumn is my favorite of the year. I live long walks in the sharp crisp afternoon sun and long shadows of the historic homes in our beautiful new england city.

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    Margaret says

    I love Autumn for the cooler weather when I get to enjoying working in my garden without the heat and humidity.

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    Marysia Kleynen says

    I love being able to bring the outdoors in with the windows open taking advantage of the cooler weather. Looking forward to my first fall/winter veggie garden this year.

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    Becky says

    I love early autumn. The feeling in the air, the autumn flowers like asters and goldenrod, the cooler temperatures, watching the geese practice their formations. I just try not to think about the winter to come!

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    RT Scott says

    The ruby red leaves of Maples, making butternut squash and bacon soup, watching the sea on the deck under a blanket and dreaming of the spring bulbs I have planted. I’m Canadian.

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    MaryBeth Hibbert says

    I love Autumn so much……pickin’ apples, harvesting the last veggies from the garden, the crispy evenings and sunny days, geese flying, woolly caterpillars, raking leaves, cooking fall vegetables and soups……just to mention a few. Oh…I so love fall !!

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    Juanita says

    I love decorating for fall; the pumpkins, various gourds, colorful leaves and wreaths in fall colors. Like the cooler temps but not shorter days.

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    Stephanie Covitz says

    I love almost everything about autumn, my favorite time of year. One of my favorite things though would be the crisp air and beautiful orange hue that the 4 sugar maples in my front yard cast into my living room window. I wish it lasted as long as winter does!

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    Amy says

    I love the fall colors and the cool weather. It’s so much easier to work outside when it’s not 90 degrees. I’m looking forward to getting a bushel of apples and making applesauce next week.

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    lynn says

    The beautiful blue skies, warm sun, crisp air, and beautifully colored leaves….then if could just manage to go directly to spring…perfect

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    Sandra M says

    I love when the air cools but the sun can still toast you. Putting on a sweatshirt and sitting outside listening to rustling leaves and the colors dazzling your eyes.

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    Lisa Ghenne says

    I love everything about fall! The food, the comfy sweaters, the soups, stews and casseroles, pumpkin and apple everything! I can’t get enough! Thanks for the chance to win!

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    Ruth Lil. says

    It’s my favorite season, cooler temperatures, glorious foliage in my leafy town and I can start gardening again after what feels like a very long Summer hiatus.

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    Linda Miller says

    I love fall because it’s the restful time of year…the garden beds begin their well deserved hibernation ….the trees shed their summer coats and prepare for the arctic blast. The air is crisp and clear…and the skies are bright blue. The days grow shorter and we again learn to appreciate the bounty of the fall harvest. I wish fall could last longer and we could enjoy it for a few more wonderful weeks.

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    Nicola says

    I love the family tradition of going to the farm and choosing pumpkins and seeing my kids think they can carry the biggest one every year

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    Winnie says

    I love that in fall the air takes on a different scent, as if to announce there’s going to be many changes that we will see as well as smell. The humidity gradually disappears and the leaves seem to magically change colors sometimes over night!

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    Tina Knowlton says

    Just about everything! Rushing to plant the many bulbs before it is too cold to enjoy being on my knees in the mud with gloves on digging their little holes; apples and apple everything sweet and savory. Ditto with winter squashes. Love the parsnips and brussels sprouts after the frost. The leaves – I don’t have to say anything about New England leaves in autumn, do I? When I was younger, there was never a horseback ride like one on a crisp autumn day! My woodstoves, including my wood cookstove! I cannot think of a single thing to not like about autumn. Until I think of what season is waiting for us!

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    Sarah Quinn says

    What I most love about autumn is relief! Relief from the hot and humid days of summer and the expense of running, on occasion, the air conditioner to cool the house down to 80°F — relief is coming!

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    Deb H. says

    Autumn is and has always been my favorite season. I love the change. The crisp air. The beautiful fall leaves. The hearty food choices. The decorations. Just beautiful !

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    Georgette says

    I love apple picking, leaf peeping and the cooler days and nights. I love sitting in front of the fireplace with a cozy fire and a good book.

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    Pat says

    I love the cooler temps, especially after this summer! I wait all summer to see my dahlias bloom and now here they are in all their glory!

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    Debbie says

    Living in Florida we love the cooler temps!
    I love baking pies and decorating. I really love opening the windows!
    You’re the best!

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    Dee Lansing says

    I do not like the extremes In temperature found in America so spring and autumn are my favorite times and the fall edges out spring for me……the topper is the gold light of autumn….hues change from morning to evening…..THE BEST 4 pm deep gold sun on the garden…glass wine on the patio!

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    Doris McNeill says

    I Love autumn colors, cooler weather, pumpkins, mums. I also start Gardner planning for next year. I currently have 100 tulip bobs to plant!

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    jean diemer says

    As much as I love my garden, I love putting it away, cleaning up all of the debris and looking forward to next year’s garden. I love digging my sweet potatoes from the garden and putting some of them right into the oven and marvel once again, just how much better a fresh sweet potato tastes than what we buy at the store. I love the crisp fresh air and knowing we may eventually get closer to some beautiful snowfalls.

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    Mark Cotrupe says

    I don’t get out to do yardwork much when it’s summery hot out there. When fall comes, I can go out for the whole day. That’s when I’m in my element.

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    Joy says

    Oddly enough, I love watching my perennials wind down and go to seed – watching the birds picking at them.

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    Sandy S. says

    Love the cooler weather and enjoy watching our Sunset Maple tree change its leaves to the most prettiest red colors. And can’t forget about pumpkin spice lattes!

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    Sheryl says

    I love watching the leaves change to red and orange and yellow. I love the contrast of the last red tomatoes against the fading greenery of now-tired summer veggies.

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    Sue nelson says

    Love the smells of autumn…apple crisp in the oven, mulled cider on the stove and a crackling fire in the fireplace. A cozy time.

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    Martha says

    In the South we have some awesome aromas in the fall, especially in the rural area I call home…kudzu blooming, defoliant for cotton, brush fires, dry soybean hulls. These may not sound appealing, but any one of these scents lets me know I’ll soon be picking up my precious Stewart pecans and that the mosquitoes will be gone.

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    Linda A. Fleming says

    Welcoming the cool mornings, the long shadows in the afternoon, and the first fire in the fireplace. Anticipating the holidays soon to arrive.

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    Janet Lewis says

    I love that the humidity is gone and the “cozy up” days of winter are on the way! AND THE SUMMER COMPANY HAS DEPARTED!!!

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    vickie says

    Never enjoyed fall that much, but this year the summer has been a little too warm. Sooooo welcome fall!! Hello fall decorations!!

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    Claire says

    Brilliant leaves, crisp air, first fire in the hearth, pumpkin everything, Halloween- autumn is the best!

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    Gail L says

    Absolutely love the cooler, fresh air! Nothing beats having morning coffee outside in the crisp mornings . Sweatshirt weather is the greatest.
    My favorite fall plant is sedum! Cooking with pumpkins and apples, and making stews and soups.

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    SharonS says

    My fall favorites: the air , the smell of fall, the leaves falling, the golden sunshine that’s not so harsh, bonfires, family gatherings, squirrels running madly around, festivals. I could go on and on! 😀

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    Angela says

    I love the beautiful colors, crisp morning air and all the “limitied” pumpkin flavors that come out for the season!

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    Matt Locke says

    I love Autumn because it is time to cook PUMPKIN SEEDS!! A tradition taught to me by mother which brings back all the wonderful times spent with her and one I continue faithfully every year. Autumn is also when the first cool breezes here in Northern Florida start to cool off the Hell that is a Florida summer and blessed Winter.

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    Paula Ryle says

    I love the fall colours and strolling through the forest listening to the crunch on the fallen leaves.

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    Lesley Byrne says

    First … what I hate about Autumn…. it means SUMMER is over :o( ….. what I LOVE about Autumn…. harvesting my garden, pickling, and jamming my rewards from the hard work of the spring and summer…..I am new to Gardening in a serious was, as my career made it impossible… but now I am retired… the last 3 years have been AWESOME…. and Kevin…this site has been a god send for me…. keep up the good work… and YES I would love to win the subscription!!

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    Celesta says

    Picking up my first winter squash at the farm stand yesterday afternoon and then piling on the blankets last night. Bliss!

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    Pat J. says

    The crisp, clear, cool air, the amazing blue of the sky, apples that actually tantalize the taste buds from the local orchard……

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    Janna says

    I love snuggling under a blanket with my puppies after a long walk through the multicolored woods, crunching through the fallen leaves, with something cinnamony baking in the Aga.

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    Diane Hinkle says

    I do believe that one can buy pumpkin or pumpkin flavored everything at this time of year. Some are tasty; others not so much so. A popular cereal has a pumpkin spice flavor this year. I bought! Will not buy again. All I tasted was clove!

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    Marian says

    Hi Kevin

    I moved to Portland, Maine last Feb 17th, 2016, I had been following your blog for the last 3 years. I fell in love with the East coast, based on your home and blog. I had wanted to move to France, but Maine, along the coast reminded me of Normandy, France (closer for my son). Here I have the French influance, but I don’t have to speak it. I love the 4 seasons, this winter will be my first full winter here. My home was a farm, built in 1900, not as nice as your’s, but its home and I love Maine. New life for me at 70, I am now planting my bulbs, over 150 I think, could use some help from Garden Design, looking forward to more of the Fall and the holidays to come. Thank you for your blog, it changed my life, Marian

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    Denise Beemer says

    The beautiful autumn leaves and fall flowers. The cool crisp weather, especially after the hottest most humid summer we’ve ever had. It’s so nice to turn the air off, open the windows and start using the oven again.
    Love the smell of anything with apples and cinnamon this tome of year.

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    Penny says

    I love seeing the leaves change to beautiful fall colors and the coolness in the air as autumn arrives!

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    Kathleen says

    Fall should last as long as winter! Here in Michigan fall just is not long enough. Love the M22 drive along Lake Muchigan. Just gorgeous colors and the smell in the air- fresh, clean, alive!!

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    Sharon Hull says

    Autumn on the Central California Coast actually brings our most summer-like weather. The fog bank stays way out over the Pacific instead of moving inland each evening, and with the sunny days come balmy temps. Even our notoriously cold nights are warm enough in autumn to enjoy al fresco dinners and evening strolls on the bluffs above the beach. What’s not to like?!

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    Joan says

    Fall, the best time of the year. sunny, cool, mums. planting bulbs and hoping no one digs them up. would love to get this magazine. thanks for all you do for gardening and cooking.

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    Denise says

    As I grew up autumn was a season of change not only for nature but for me as well ….. new school year, new school, leaving home for university and so on. Autumn invokes many memories…..

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    Denise says

    My favorite things about Fall: Colors of fall foliage!! Cool mornings & comfortable weather. Fall fragrances – wood burning in fireplaces, steaks cooking on the grill, Apple cider being made on the stovetop, & fresh pumpkin pie coming from the oven. Divine!!

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    Sue says

    Fall finds me canning or freezing all that is left in the garden, apples & pears our neighbors shared from their trees, and cranberries we bought while in northern WI yesterday. Winter will taste so good! I’m also making baby food for our new granddaughter so when she’s ready to eat she will be fed the best baby food money can’t buy (beans, beets, squash, apple sauce, carrots).

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    JR says

    Fall means not having to mow the grass as often, cooler mornings, leaves turning, and Football in the South!

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    juanita says

    Autumn gives us trees and mountains painted by God. Crisp air, crunching leave walks, and memories.

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    Judy Hines says

    Our 3 ginkgos! A ‘saratoga’, 2 ‘autumn gold’s. Those yellow leaves are supposed to drop in 1 day but sometimes that doesn’t happen.

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    LynneRoCo says

    I absolutely LOVE the colors of fall! It feels like home and makes me happy inside. We got married in fall with all the colors in the flower centerpieces. I love taking drives up into the Hudson Valley mountains to see all the gorgeous leaves, find a road side stand for apple cider, doughnuts, apples, gourds, pumpkins… I could go on and on and on! <3

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    Janice in Vermont says

    After the hottest summer on record, I love cool mornings that invigorate. I love the clouds of wild asters and goldenrod, and I love how hydrangeas turn rosy. I love apples and pears and Concord grapes!

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    Dayl Martin says

    First day have been under 90 degrees here in Tulsa for weeks! A perfect cool morning today – and time to decorate with mums and pumpkins – Welcome Fall!

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    Denise says

    Autumn is my time to regroup from the hectic pace of summer. I love the quiet peaceful days filled with vivid colors of orange, gold and red; the rainy days when I can just sit and read all day; and the yummy kitchen fragrances of soup on the burner and a fresh baked loaf of bread.

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    BVaeth says

    Ditto to all the above! Fall always makes me feel like cooking again – soups, stews and other comfort foods.

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    Mary Langenbrunner says

    I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina and the fall season is spectacular. I am in the ‘throes’ of redesigning my garden and the publication would be a wonderful reference.

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    christine says

    I love raking leaves, apple pie, wearing sweatshirts, bonfires, halloween, & thanksgiving, using the oven more, beautiful fall colors, walking after dinner, and tidying up the yard for winter!

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    Phyllis says

    Well, to be honest, I am 100% a Summer person. Fall for me is the harbinger of winter. So, I cherish the warm days of Fall. I plant ever more bulbs and think as I plant, “We will see each other in Spring.” Those flowers for me mean that Summer is near. Glorious Summer.

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    Linda Carlson says

    I love the cooler weather, leaves turning color and lack of mosquitos! (wishful thinking on the mosquitos; we have had record rainfall in Minnesota – just like the rest of the country)

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    Brian T says

    Autumn’s colors are another part of nature’s painting of the earth for our enjoyment and for the life cycle of life. It’s amazing the beauty it holds, and yet, amazes us year after year!

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    Susan Harris says

    The cooler weather! I live in the Deep South, where the temperature has been 95 every day since mid-May!!

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    Penelope says

    Fall colors are my favorite. After a long season of gardening, the yard cleanup, winter hybernation begins. And I’m ready for indoor sewing, quilting and reading my new garden magazine.

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    Susan McNally says

    Autumn is the best, especially here in New England. I love the colors, the crisp and cool mornings, and walking our dogs in the gorgeous woods nearby. The best season!

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    Diane says

    I love the colors and the smell of burning leaves, but if my name is picked please give my subscription to Marian ,who recently moved to Portland, Maine.I love her comments. The magazine sounds fantastic!

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    Karen says

    I love autumn weather, autumn foliage, autumn decor. I enjoy decorating in autumn more than any other season (including Xmas). I love the fresh start it affords, readying everything for the coming winter and winter holidays. And it’s the start of planning for next spring’s garden!

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    Lori Lesnett says

    I love the smell in the air, cooler temperatures and the beauty of the leaves changing color!

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    Susan Owens says

    Love the colors of autumn, hate raking the millions of leaves that fall after they have shown off their beauty!

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    Marianne Rodriguez says

    I love the changing of the leaves and the vibrant colors. The crispness in the air, jeans and sweatshirts and a time for comfort soups and chili. Good bye summer and all your beauty and hello autumn and all your splendor!

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    Tracy says

    I love the cooler temps and lower humidity. I find the season very invigorating, and since I love winter the best, very anticipatory as well.

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    Janice says

    Long walks enjoying the changing colors, planning for my spring garden, and the prospect of family gatherings at Thanksgiving.

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    Kris Williams says

    “What do you love about autumn? Something? Nothing? Everything?”

    I love everything about autumn. I love the moldy smell of the dying leaves, I love how the grass stops growing as much (less mowing), I love pumpkins, marigolds, black eyed susans, and tickseed making their stand, sitting outside in cooler weather, bonfires/cook fires, camping out, hiking in the mountains, fresh apple pie and apple cider, pumpkin pie & fried pumpkin seeds, long walks, fall breezes, getting the yard cleaned up and all put away for winter (has a huge sense of accomplishment and picked up order), and first hints of snow!

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    Shelley says

    Racing at Keeneland, fires in the Rais, finally finished with 90 degree days, mostly finished with the veggie garden, stunning trees : )

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    carol says

    I am actually heading to North Carolina to view the autumn colors and waterfalls, cool dewy air, with warm days. Autumn is my favorite season, you can enjoy the remaining warm days while work on planning next year’s garden, planting bulbs, and baking zucchini bread, pumpkin pie, and picking apples. I am actually going to get Garden Design magazine as a Christmas present to myself, such good reading to get through the winter cold blowing snowy days.

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    Liz Davey says

    I love pumpkins and apples and crisp frosty mornings, bright leaves and bulb shipments, parsnips and spinach, seed saving, rooting cuttings, geese overhead, acorns and chestnuts. what could be better than fall in a small New England town!

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    Elfrieda Tullar says

    I so miss it here in Florida; but love going to the nurseries and getting my fill of all the lovely fall plants they stock this time of the year. I always come home with pots of chrysanthemums and later I’ll be thinking of forcing some narcissus bulbs (thanks to Kevin’s recipe!).

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    Kim Angeli says

    The cooler weather doesn’t come until about Halloween here, but the humidity drops a little. Spending time in the garden requires not drinking a gallon of water an hour. And my monarch butterflies come back to see me!

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    Amy says

    What do I love about autumn? Burning deliciously fragrant candles, scuffling through leaves on walks in the woods and energetically gardening wearing my favorite sweatshirt!

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    Marie Morgan-Roth says

    Everything fall, but most of all walking through the Eloisa Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Minneapolis, MN 🙂 Love the turning of the leaves and the changing colours of the foliage!

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    Dorothy Loose says

    I love autumn for all the beautiful colours in the leaves and the asters, mums and pumpkins. It always feels like a new start for things in general.

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    Linda says

    I love the warm days and cool nights! We live in the mountains and it was 38 degrees here last night! The lighting is kind of thrilling too! 🙂

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    Jen Olenick says

    Born in the Autumn, my nickname has always been “punkin”. It has represented the beginning of a new yearly cycle for me, which was punctuated by a new school year as a child. Burgundy is my favorite color and Mother Nature seems to enjoy it as well, as she displays this color with others en masse during this beautiful season. 😀

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    Blanche McAlister Harris says

    I love the smell of pumpkin pie, the cool fall air, the enhanced color of the flowers in my garden, the sound of fallen leaves under my feet and especially being able to cut back my garden and beginning to plant again!

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    Vicki Orr says

    Simply everything! I’m going to begin to implement soon some of your ideas for preparing a vegetable garden next year!

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    Irene says

    I love everything that has been expressed above so poetically. As a child I loved the start of school and seeing my friends again. Having been a teacher all my career, fall–not so much spring–meant new beginnings and all the hopes attached.

    Today my sister is bringing me butternut squash from her garden. I will make Kevin’s recipe.

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    Sharon says

    Down in the deep south, the cool breezes from the north smell exotic and always bring excitement. Mind you, this can be as late as December.

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    Brenda says

    A nip in the air. Fall leaves in color. The smell of fresh cut hay. Curling up with a book by the fire at night. Apples turning into apple butter in the cockpot. County fairs. Pumpkins and mums. All these men fall to me.

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    Tracey Walters says

    Fall is my favorite of all seasons, the cool air,the warm colors of the leaves. My Husband used to hate fall but now that he sees the beauty in it as I do,it has become his favorite too. I might add we live in Colorado,we have nothing like the fall colors east of here,but our front range is beautiful to watch. Thanks for asking.

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    Micheline Rootenberg says

    Autumn where you are and Spring where I am – both a time of abundance and beauty – letting seeds, seedlings, plants, trees do their “beingness” of color, texture, shades, generosity. An awesome process….

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    Jo says

    Harvesting & preserving garden produce I planted months ago, quite rewarding! Collecting and saving the gift of seeds for next year.

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    Sally Wilkinson says

    Summers in the south are so very hot, Autumn in a reminder that thing will indeed be cooler soon.

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    Karen F says

    I love sitting around the fire in the evenings, wrapped up against the chill, being with good friends.

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    Brenda mayers says

    Being able to plant for next spring, and sewing random seeds for a glorious show next year. Looking through all seed and plant catalogues ready for the spring.

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    Ginger says

    this is the season that tells me to start getting ready for winter. lots of chores – drain outside pipes, mulch roses , cool air,etc

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    Arden | Real-Food-Real-Life.com says

    I love being able to sleep with the windows and slider open, nestled under cozy blankets. One of the only things I miss about living in Maine was the absolutely spectacular fall colors there — here in Utah it’s more muted, lots of shimmering golds but not so much brilliant red. Still pretty though. And I love being able to plan meals without having to worry about whether it’ll be too hot to want to use the oven.

    I also love your giveaways. Even though the random number generator has never yet generated my number, your giveaways always embody for me the sense that hope springs eternal — maybe *this* is the time that my number will come up! 😉

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    Kathy says

    I love the colors, the leaves falling, the crisp cool air, and cooking soups. Your French Onion and your Roasted Butternut Squash soups are two of my favorites.

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    Tiffany George says

    I love autumn because of all the beautiful patchwork on the mountains, the cool nights and mornings, and the crunching leaves under my feet as I walk my daughter to school.

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    Brenda Gildersleeve says

    AIt’s interesting to see fall decorations, and do a little ourselves. My daughter’s birthdays are in October…it’s a good month!

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    Meredith says

    Love you blog, the pictures, the recipes, you are such a inspiration ? I grew up in Colorado and was surround by the beautiful colors of fall, especially the Aspen trees with there leaves
    shimmering like gold coins. As a Floridian, living in the northern section of the state, we have
    some change of colors but nothing majestic.

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    Molly Colbert says

    Cool, crisp days; hoodies and jeans; changing leaves; coffee, a good book, and a kitty curled up on my lap on a beautiful Fall Day ~

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    Sheila says

    Autumn fills me with contentment. The list of reasons I love autumn would fill a book, but most recently I love the fact that I can prepare a garden for a fall/winter harvest. I no longer labor so hard for only one season of produce, but I spread out the plantings and enjoy gardening all year round and yes, even in my climate, zone 6, I can harvest a few crops even in the winter.

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    Don F. says

    Picking and pressing our apples. We have 4 different varieties and the end result is super delicious! Apple juice, apple cider and hard cider, apple jelly, apple butter, apple sauce, apple strudel, and dried apples are all favorites at our house! Can you tell I love apples?

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    Linda says

    I love the beautiful rich colors of fall that brighten the landscape, the squeals of delight of my grandchildren running through our local haybale maze, the wonderful taste of local apple cider, and all the wonderful craft shows in the months before Christmas.

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    Ramona says

    I love the many fall colors! On almost any October day, the sky is a gorgeous bright blue and maybe a few very white clouds. The leaves are shades of burnt orange, gold, deep burgundy and bright reds. The grass is still an emerald green. Even the dying foliage is a pale yellow that blends well with all the other deeper, more intense colors.

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    Sheree says

    My Autumn: It’s time to make green salsa from all the tomatoes that didn’t ripen; new crop apples are ready for applesauce and dried apples; soups on ready to warm up on nippy days.

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    Cristy says

    The food, the smells, the games, the colors, and the Holidays!!!
    My favorite time of year, but without summer we have no fall!

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    Kathy C. says

    What do I love? Apples, apple pie, apple crisp, and apple cider. Although I’m sorry for the demise of summer, the cooler weather allows me to get outside and spend HOURS working in my garden. No place I’d rather be.

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    Cissy Kross says

    In South Florida, “autumn” means a slight change in weather, but doesn’t usually happen till about November! But I love it anyway, crisp mornings with less humidity being the best! And it’s always the time we go back up to NY for a dose of reality!
    CISSY in Boca Raton

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    Hazel Lambert says

    I love fall for all the reasons above! Especially this year – I have pumpkins in the garden.

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    lise says

    Autumn has always been my favorite season, why? because of the fresh air, the colors of the leaves, the drives we take to see them , the photography that goes with it.. Putting down the beds for winter, and planting the bulbs making sure the squirrels don’t get them. Also making hay so that we get wood for the coming season, and getting away from the humidity of the summer!!

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    Suzy says

    Cool crisp air, beautiful autumn colors, sounds and sight of geese flying over—-my most favorite time of the year!

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    Marj says

    I love the cooler weather, and the leaves changing color. Pumpkin glazed donuts at Yum Yum Donuts makes fall delicious!

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    Cookbook Collector says

    What isn’t there to not like about autumn, i.e., milder weather, fall colors, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and all the fun events schedule during this wonderful time of the year!

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    Jane C. says

    In GA, especially this summer it was so hot! So looking forward to cool mornings and evenings spent outside on the deck. – we are redoing our entire backyard so your mags would help me with some ideas!

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    Margie says

    Fall means fresh cool air and beautiful colors. The gardens are getting tired and will be put to bed soon. The freezer and pantry are now full, and my style of cooking will change to more hot meals. More baking and soups simmering on the stove.

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    Jill Moore says

    I love Autumn because I have an October birthday, the colors of the season are some of my favorites, I love ‘sweater weather’ and I love cooking/baking comfort food.

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    Carol Schaudt says

    I love that the nights in Houston, may start dipping below 75F so that the tomatoes in the garden might set.

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    Linda Arnold says

    Living in Florida, and being of a certain age, fall allows me to garden during daylight! Not that I don’t enjoy the scents and sights that evening brings, but a lot of the day is wasted simply waiting for it to cool enough to work outdoors!

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    Brigitte says

    Autumn has a special place in my heart ! harvesting and drying herbs,putting food by in general,picking our Apples,Concord grapes,treasuring my last blooms of roses and so much more !
    Enjoying the crisp air while walking through forests,taking foliage rides here in Maine ! but most of all enjoying what nature and life has to offer !

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    Helga G says

    I hate to see Summer go, but I look forward to turning off the A/C, open all the windows and let the crisp “smell of Autumn” into the house. Love Pumpkin and Apple picking Hayrides and try to recreate my Grandmothers delicious “pickled Pumpkin”. She never wrote anything down, so for me that’s all try and try again.

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    Robin Vereen says

    I love fall for the change in the color of the sky, the crispness of the air, the gorgeous color of the leaves and the fact that my birthday is Sept 29th!

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    Mary W says

    When younger and living up north I would have answered the smell of burning leaves and the colors screaming at you from the trees. Now that I’m wiser/older and living in Florida, the wasteful burning smell is replaced by hot spiced pumpkin lattes and cool breezes announcing autumn’s arrival while walking my dog in the evening. Tall, roadside wild flowers begin blooming in bright purples and yellow providing the last sips of nectar for the few remaining butterflies. What is there NOT to like about autumn – oh yeah, the sandspurs.

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    Sheryle G says

    Autumn is finally a break from the heat of summer, the trees turn gorgeous colors and Halloween is on it’s way! That’s what I love about autumn!

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    Deborah R says

    I love autumn! I love raking leaves, hearing geese fly over, and planting spinach, broccoli, and radishes for the last garden of the year. I especially like planning for next spring, and I have daffodil bulbs chilling in my refrigerator now in anticipation of a cool October day. (It was still in the 90’s here yesterday)

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    Claudia says

    I love buying a bushel of fresh roasted Hatch green chiles from a street vender and rushing home to make a stove top grilled quesadilla to eat while making a pot of green chile and freezing the rest!! That’s Living!

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    JoAnn says

    There is so much to love about Autumn. Since orange is my favorite color, there is an abundance all around in the leaves and flowers and of course Halloween. Love the crispness of the weather, not too cold, not too hot. Autumn is my favorite season.

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    Chris says

    I love the autumn vegetable harvest…The colourful squash and pumpkins…the prolonging of tomato season right up until that first frost… And of course, the fiery display of our northern forests.

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    Mary Lou says

    I love the Fall colors, biting into crisp apples, drinking cider with donuts and sleeping with the windows open!

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    Julia Hofley says

    Mums of Minnesota, Global Warming Mums from Vermont and the Crescendo Mum series from Michigan are all truly hardy Chrysanthemums for Northern gardens. Love seeing them come back year-after-year!

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    Liliane McCarthy says

    In New Mexico, fall is the prettiest time, with the leaves of the cottonwood trees along the Rio Grande carpeting the forest in pure yellow.

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    Cathy Welling says

    I love fall for relief from the summer’s heat and humidity. The colors dazzle me every year. I especially love to see them in the Adirondacks – aahhh…

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    Diane McGraw says

    No mosquitoes! After the cooler temps, the bug population decreases dramatically. MUCH better for hiking in the woods.

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    Doris Doody says

    So look forward to your Blog, very creative and all-encompassing of cooking, gardening and interior decorating…and entertaining. Especially at the changes of Seasons…Autumn with its promise of ORANGE…pumpkins, gourds, recipes with ‘pumpkin’ to make everything so nice and moist, breads and muffins. “Orange” is such an energizing color and our gardens surely need our energy after drought conditions here. Love your comments on ‘Garden Design’…no Ads??!!

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    Ana says

    I live right by a farmer’s field so I watch every day the plants lose their summer life and turn yellow and then brown loaded with seed for harvest and spring. It is a constant reminder of who controls the world. It smells different too. I love the cool temperatures. I love sneaking in one more planting of lettuce. I love looking forward to the first frost which means picking the sweetest Brussels sprouts. Of course,it also means raking, raking and raking with a lot of sneezes from ragweed.

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    Mags says

    Watching all the beautiful trees hubby and I planted 20 yrs ago in our back yard turning vibrant autumn colors and knowing we are doing our little bit for the planet!

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    Tracey says

    Autumn: The break from summer’s suffocating heat. The time to enjoy outdoor fires without bugs. The time to cozy up in snuggy blankies and fleece. The time when it’s comfortable to garden and weed! That woodsy scent that takes you back to the scent of being at school. The colors of the changing leaves that turn a boring turnpike drive into a beautiful explosion of color. The season where you exhale with relief from oppressive humidity.

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    Valerie says

    Love those fall pics. Kevin! My *favourite* time of year ****FALL***** ……birthday time and C-O-L-O-U-R….and C-R-U-N-C-H……!!!!!! Thanks and cheers…will absolutely be making your recipe…ummm! 🙂

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    Donna says

    Fall is my favorite season of the year with its bright colors, crisp air after our long valley heat…love working in the yard this time of year getting ready for winter.

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    Louise says

    Autumn serum, formerly creamy white hydrangeas turning rosy and all the asters, fall blooming crocus are wonderful. The thought of autumn colors, crisp winter days and spring again is comforting.

    Thanks for blogging.

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    Marianne says

    I love the sense of anticipation in the air of something wonderful coming soon. Then the earth transforms herself and I am in awe.

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    Jen Dietiker says

    I love the crisp air, the brilliant blue sky, the squirrels scampering about, nature saying, “enjoy and prepare for sweet slumber”

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    Kathryn says

    Fall is the best season of the year! Beautiful leaves, crisp apples, pumpkins!!!! Fall is get outside time. Time to prepare the flower pots for spring blooms with the anticipation of tulips, and daffodils and crocus. All nestled beneath pansies that will bloom throughout the winter sheltering the bulbs until they erupt in spring!

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    Pat Lauffer says

    I live in beautiful Chico, Ca., where the summers are HOT. So, when we get our first days of highs in the low 80’s with cool, balmy air coming all the way here from San Francisco, and our trees start to show a bit of color, I literally soak in the coolness, like I’m bathing in it!

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    Linda McCaughey says

    Fall. Autumn. the very words make my heart soar! a time of tranquility and rest for all of my plant children after their long efforts at growing and blooming and producing seed. the comforting crazy quilt of leaves that insulate and decay to provide protection and nourishment for the next growing season. the restless fluttering of wings as birds and insects move through the intense blue sky heading for warmer climates in which to spend the colder months. the crispness after the wilting heat. the sense of snow and anticipation of another spring.

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    Linda W says

    The thing I love most about the Fall, is the color. Glow-rious, color. When sunlight hits the reds and oranges, they just glow. It can be breathtaking! I love that the harvest starts slowing down, too, after being at such a hard pace, canning, freezing, making extra to give away as treats to friends and family. I love the berries that shine beautifully on trees and shrubs, giving the little birds something to feast on besides our handouts. I also enjoy baking more in the Fall, as the temperatures cool.

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    Melissa says

    The crisp mornings and brilliant blue sky! Oh, and being able to work in the garden again, of course!

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    Jean Clark says

    The blue of the sky, the autumn colors of flowers and trees, the crunch of the dried fallen leaves and the clean, clear smell of the air.

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    Jeanne McIntyre says

    I love the colors. Everything is so vibrant and alive. I try to bring in all the colors I can to cheer up the pale colors of winter. I LOVE sunshine and the yellows, oranges and reds of fall help offset the snow of winter. The colors help me look forward to spring when I can get back outdoors and start growing things all over again!

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    Janet says

    Fall, I love fall for it gives me a chance to reassess what worked well, What didn’t and to plan and plant for next spring.

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    Sandy says

    I love the colors of fall and the cooler temps. Even though I live where the hot temps lingers and those colors are short lived before the temps drop, I can enjoy photos and magazine pages from areas where they linger a bit longer.

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    PAULA JEHLICKA says

    I love picking all the gourds and pumpkins from the garden and see what crafts I can make with them!

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    Jo-Anne says

    In Autumn, I evaluate my yard for colour and plant placement and start planning next year’s burst into spring, summer and fall…………that picture you posted, Kevin, is so beautiful….!Happy Fall everyone!

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    Mary Ross says

    Autumn in Minnesota means blue skies, bright sunlit days, gorgeous fall colors, coolness, bountiful harvests, and no mosquitos!

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    Gini Nelson says

    I just picked up 5 gardening/garden design books at a thrift store book sale yesterday, to work on (re)designing my gardens. This magazine would be wonderful, of course.

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    Michelle Wilhelms says

    I love the cool crisp evening air, even in San Diego. The autumn colors in decorating and in the landscape. Thanks for the giveaway!

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    Sylvie from Montréal says

    Of course, the beautiful colours. And it always reminds me of this song I love, Les feuilles se ramassent à la pelle, sung by Yves Montand, lyrics by Jacques Prévert.

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    Molly B. says

    Autumn – the time of year my spirit comes alive! Breathing in cool fresh air, watching the sunset and the sunrise while awake enough to appreciate both, the pieces of straw found in the mouths of birds as they build their nests – taken from old scarecrows, the time of year so precious we scheduled our honeymoon around it, the rustle in the trees as they begin to become crisp before falling, having windows open and air conditioner off to hear the birds from inside – wonderful melodies and hearty crackles together in symphony, the waving of clothes on the line outside and the wonderful smell that stays with them, the baking and bread making and smells from the kitchen throughout the house, bringing out a whole new season of clothes from storage…gee, what isn’t it? It’s my favorite time of year and a few short months to enjoy – so off I go to start this Sunday with renewed vigor and wanting to be outside! I love Autumn – known also as Fall because it’s like falling in love with this earth we’re blessed to share and protect! ENJOY!

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    Sharon C. says

    The autumn crocus. The N.E. Asters blooming all over my yard attracting the Monarchs on their migration. Finches, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches & all the other birds eating flower seeds.

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    Judy LeRoux says

    Fall I love the colors and the fresh smell of clean fall air. The cooler days, shorter too.Of course the great foods of pumpkin, sweet potatoes and the last of summer’s goodness.
    For us gardening is on going all the year, falkland winter are cooler. It is all lovely.

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    ElPico says

    I love the poignance of the transition. The sensations of fall are of those of change. The rattle of wind in the autumn leaves is very different to the soft rustle of summer’s green leaves. There are apples and pears worth eating, with enough variety to ease the loss of stone fruits and berries. I can stop trying to avoid the heat and venture outside to the cider mill and the woods. The odors of freshly cut grass and backyard barbecue give way to the fragrance of dried leaves underfoot and cinnamon. As I say goodby to summer’s abundant display of life, there seems to be an instinctual preparation for the long sleep of winter. The most flamboyant show of the year is the leaves’ death scene, and the signal that the trees will be resting for a while and the garden will sleep under a blanket of snow. I look around me, and up to the incredibly blue sky and slanting sun, trying to capture the last intense sense of nature before heading home to tuck in.

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    Rose says

    My birthday and Halloween both fall in October, so naturally, Autumn/October is my FAVORITE time of the year! In Texas, while we don’t have the vibrant colors of cold regions, we enjoy our fair share of colors. The native maple leaves are beautiful; crape myrtles turn a gorgeous fall color before they drop their leaves. In October, we can plant our pansies, kale and snapdragons for winter blooms. After a brutal summer, we gleefully look forward to the first real cold front! Because we live fairly close to the Gulf, I am most thankful this year, that we have passed our peak hurricane season without any storms!

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    Fran says

    I love this season. The rush of the summer is past and once the fall planting is done, weeds are pulled at a leisurely pace and you finally have time to spruce up all the flower beds in weather that does not require you sweating all the time. Quite pleasant. We have 7 raised beds, a multitude of flower beds and lots of grass that is finally slowing growing slower. God blesses all who care for His earth. Thanks for all your emails, recipes and your evident love of gardening and cooking. Be blessed!

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    Carol Tompkins says

    I love the leaves changing colors and cool morning air, bonfires, homemade bread baking and preparing the house and gardens for winter. I dislike the foggy mornings with dew laden leaves encouraging every loose piece of grass to stick to your blue jeans and tennis shoes.

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    Marilyn Elliott says

    Fall is my favorite season, and here, thank goodness, we have seasons. And, my garden — yard, as we say –could use some design, so I’d love to win this subscription!

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    Jackie Peschong says

    Halloween, the color orange, low humidity, Halloween, no mosquitos, Halloween, open windows, Halloween, the smell of burning leaves, and of course, Halloween!!

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    Pat Crouse says

    I love the changing weather and the change of flowers at my doorstep. I put out mums, pumpkins and lanterns. I also change the wreath on the door to match the fall colors.

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    Linda F. says

    Instead of seeming to be the beginning of the end, autumn has always represented new possibilities and excitement to me. Is, and always has been, my favorite season of the year. It steels my wool!

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    Beth L says

    Autumn brings a welcome drop in humidity, and a different sort of light. I love the colors, the smells, the cooler temps – all draw me back outside after a hot, muggy Ohio summer.

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    Karon says

    The absolute joy on my dogs faces as they thunder through a carpet of fallen leaves, digging and sniffing and just enjoying life. Autumn is my favourite season here in rural Ireland. Frosty mornings and weak sunshine, and being able to see your breath as you walk. Woolly jumpers, wellies and wax jackets. Love, love, love it!

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    Lizee A. says

    The magnificent shade of blue that fills the southern sky. The leaves cascading down to the ground and thoughts of wonderful bags of shredded leaves for next years garden.
    Thanks Kevin for your generosity.

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    Roxann says

    Most of all I love the colors…the reds, oranges, and yellows. There’s also a different “feeling” in the air as the days and nights cool, making being in the out of doors much more inviting.

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    Julie says

    I love EVERYTHING about fall. I’ve been trying to think of something I don’t love about it, and can’t think of a thing! Toward the top of the list would be Thanksgiving, caramel apples, and the smell of the wood stoves, and campfires.
    Please share lots of apple recipes. Thanks, Kevin!

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    Kim Bay says

    What do I love about fall? I love the blue skies that come from less humidity here in the southeast United States!

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    Patti says

    Changing my hanging garden baskets from summer flowers to fall/winter bouquets of dried flowers, pine cones and foliage from my backyard.

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    Sharon H. says

    The calendar says Fall, but here in Florida it is my favorite time of year for residents….. after summer vacationers and before the snowbirds arrive! Beautiful shorebirds and magnificent sunsets.

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    Justine (Victoria BC) says

    Holy smoke! So many comments already!!
    What I love about autumn, living on the southern tip of Vancouver Island (characterized by dry Garry oak meadows) is that the change into the new season is accompanied by the hilarious percussion of acorns falling on my neighbours’ decks, patios and cars (it really sounds amazing!) and the cr-r-rucks and exotic knocking rattles of ravens gleefully ‘talking’ to each other. Raven sounds reverberate thru the tall trees and conjures up ancient times when things were so much simpler.

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    Edna says

    The oranges and reds, brilliant yellows and pale greens such gorgeous colours used in decorating the stoop with sugar pumpkins and gourds purchased at a local farm. We are having pumpkin scones for breakfast!

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    Joanne says

    Here in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Calgary I love the green forest studded with the golden color of the larch trees with the snow capped mountains in the background.

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    Lupe Gonzalez says

    Pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins!! The beautiful bright colors of fall. I love the weather the beginning of autum.

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    Tracey Walz says

    The Awe in Autumn! Seeds of the summer, butterflies, Indian corn and their crispy stalks, randomn mushrooms, winter squashes, a cool breeze on a sunny day, apple picking, pie making, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, baseball, football, church worship, family gathering….(and so on I can go)…oh, The Awe in Autumn!

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    Phyllis Phipps says

    I love summer! Fall is just a reminder of what is coming. It seems to only last 6 weeks at best. I think I am the only one who doesn’t care for fall.

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    Linda Scariano says

    I am a florist and I love designing with fall flowers. I think the grasses and millet are spectacular and add so much interest to an arrangement. This time of year I put a mini pumpkin or gourd as the focal flower. It is so much fun designing in a hollowed out pumpkin and the many colors of mums and asters make a fantastic filler. The only thing that makes me sad is I know winter is right around the corner and I have to live every fall day to the most!

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    susan york says

    I love the leaves on trees changing, apple cider,cool weather vegetables to grow & the cooler weather itself.

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    Rochelle Ruth says

    Love the cool weather, and the cone alive feeling that it gives us and our animals!!! New fall styles in clothing and a new look in the yard!

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    Carol says

    I love that it is a “second chance” season….time to put things right (gardens, relationships, goals) before winter sets in. Thanks for this chance.

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    Phyllis says

    I like the cooler temperatures, NY GIANTS football, apple cider, pumpkins and colorful mums. Happy Autumn Kevin!

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    Jean says

    I love taking long walks in the woods without leaves on the trees. Also, using the oven almost every day to make delicious treats and hearty meals.

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    Karen L says

    Yes, yes, yes, put me in coach. Would love to win the magazine subscription. By the way that linguine with butternut squash and sage recipe looks so darn good even though I am not a big sage fan. Might have to substitute some other herb.

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    Maryann Massar says

    I love the cooler evenings since I don’t have air conditioning, I love mums and pumpkin decorating. But I don’t love that all my gorgeous flowers will soon be gone, this magazine will help me dream and plan for next summer.

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    Cathy in Baltimore says

    I love, love, love Fall! It’s cool, colorful and a complete feast for the senses! I love the leaves, the smells and pumpkin everything

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    Karyn says

    I love the cooler weather of fall which makes gardening in the South so much more enjoyable. Evenings are perfect for sitting outside and enjoying the fruits of your labor.

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    Susan says

    Kevin, I love the crisp air, cooler temperatures, decreased number of bugs, and autumn colors, all of which encourage me to get outside.

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    Brenda hurley says

    Here in Southern California, we take what we can get – I love the smells and that subtle change in temperature, just a hint of crispness!

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    Robin Cogburn says

    The fact that people tend to head inside, and that’s where I like to be. And, because it’s Apple Pie Season, and I can whip one up that tastes like mom’s, pretty quickly.

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    Patty says

    I love the cool, crisp autumn weather and low humidity. The wonderful fall vegetables aren’t too bad either. Thanks for the giveaway!

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    Melanie says

    Fall is my second fave season, Spring being the best, but Autumn has its special joy! Apple picking, trees changing color, lovely cool crisp air and the sky just seems bluer and brighter!

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    Catharine says

    I love the sense of renewed energy autumn’s cooler weather brings. I’m fairly bursting with ideas and enthusiasm for a variety of projects, including putting in a new garden with pebble mosaic patio and bubbling bird-attracting water feature.

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    Kathy L. says

    Love the colors of the changing leaves. The cool crisp air puts me in the mood to cook/bake comfort foods like soups, stews & breads. And it brings us closer to Christmas!

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    Karen Walker says

    I love fall for the cooler temps, especially after this summer’s stinkin’ hot humid weather. I also love the crisp night air, the smell of the falling leaves and the clear night sky where you can see halfway to heaven.

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    Susan M. says

    Cool nights for better sleeping! The way annuals revive a bit and put out extra effort in a frenzy of bloom before the frost. I don’t like to get rid of my tired annuals. I no longer spend money on mums that I plant in my garden only to have them struggle to thrive in future seasons. I’m fortunate to just enjoy my neighbors’ lovely displays of pots of fall blooms!

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    Diann MacRae says

    Love your October garden arrangement! I have so much shade that it’s hard to leave lovely flowering plants out in front, but we do have pumpkins and cornstalks.

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    Karen Cary says

    I look forward to the changing seasons–but fall is my most favorite. I love the colors the temps. outside , just the whole feel of this time of year!!

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    Lauren Anderson says

    The smells, the colors, the food. Autumn is the one season that awakens all of the senses.

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    Linda Soliz says

    It’s a long shot of winning, but you never know. Thank you for your continuous generosity, Kevin.

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    Dan Soliz says

    It’s a long time coming for us in Houston, Tx, for Fall, that is. Still no cool fronts, so we grin and bear while we wait and hope we don’t get a hurricane in the process. lol

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    jolanda says

    i love saving seeds in the fall , and making plans for the next spring . love to walk in the woods and look at the beautiful colouring leaves Love the smell of apple pie and cinnamon

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    Wyoming Wrangler says

    Here in the Wyoming mountains, Fall starts with a gentle tease of a few frosty nights. Shortly thereafter, aspens, scruff oaks and maples burst into full yellow, orange and red, dramatically coloring the hills and canyons. But then, the most exciting part… the annual rut begins with aroused moose, elk and deer all grunting, huffing, moaning and ‘going at it’ right on the front lawn! After that show, it snows…

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    Kathy Drabic says

    Going for a hike and seeing the beautiful orange and red leaves floating on, and reflected in, streams and lakes; the deep blue sky; the smell of burning leaves (even though I’d rather mulch them for my garden!) and warm apple pie and scented candles; the warm of an old, comfy sweatshirt on a cool crisp day; looking forward to celebrating with family and friends the abundant harvest the Lord has blessed us with…

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    JanS says

    Here in south Texas, autumn seems like and extended summer. We ready our winter squash and pumpkins for harvest and use the time to finish growing the last of our tomatoes far into November. Then finally, a cool breeze blows and we know it’s time to ready the garden for some cold weather veggies.

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    Carol Ann Gregg says

    I love that the humidity of summer is gone. The nights are cool. The days are bright. The leaves are changing and the colors of autumn are everywhere. Oh yes, and pumpkin spice lattes.

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    Christy says

    Sadly, it still feels hellishly like summer in Alabama. Which wouldn’t be so bad if my AC hadn’t given up the ghost last night!

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    Ann Marie says

    I love the cool breezes that sneak in through the open windows and the sound of rustling leaves all whilst the aroma of hearty stews and yummy pies cooking fill the air.

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    Mary Cowherd says

    The breathtaking beautiful colours .Mother Nature’s final fling, before she is stripped bare over the winter months. Also another birthday for me. Trying not to think of getting older but enjoying the fact I’m surviving this long !!

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    LJ says

    I just fall for autumn and spring into action preparing for the upcoming season of edible foods and eye acting flowers.

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    Beverly Jones says

    Because there is a whole lot of heat 11 months out of the year here in SW FL, I look forward to the cool colors of Fall. It reminds me to be thankful for everything and especially for family, friends and faith. What’s NOT to love about this season?

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    Joanne in Zone 6b says

    Here at the Jersey Shore, I love summer, but I appreciate the gifts of each season. The buds on the Montauk daisies are a reminder that the hours of sunlight will continue to dwindle, and that I have to get out to enjoy them. I’m not a fan of chrysanthemums, so I look for other fall flowers and would appreciate suggestions. Thanks, Linda Scariano, for your reminder of millet; I use pumpkins and gourds in my window box and will add millet this year. Thanks to you, Kevin, I am also harvesting annual seeds for winter sowing.

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    Michele says

    Well here in Sierra Vista, AZ, 4700 feet, fall means cooler weather and the plants can breath a sigh of relief from the monsoon rains and heat and perk up with some reblooming and coloring up once again. It is wonderful here in the fall!

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    Sheila says

    I bake more, make soup, plant bulbs, transplant and divide perennials, save seeds . And I love to plant pansies.

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    Nancy rusinak says

    Love making cranberry apple cider which, served warm & with booze, makes the leaves falling bearable.

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    Michele says

    Cooler weather here in Sierra Vista, AZ 4700 feet elevation just about 75 miles outside of Tucson. We have five seasons here; spring, summer monsoon, fall and winter. The leaves on the trees here in our beautiful mountain ranges will begin to turn yellow and by mid October you can experience some beautiful fall colors. It really is beautiful here in the deserts of Southeastern Arizona so why not come and visit!

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    Kathleen says

    Gardening! (And Halloween, cuz I get to wear a costume.) Where I live, autumn is the best time to transplant and to garden in general. And I AM a gardener!

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    Kimberly Smith says

    Love the cool weather, the spring that appears in my step, the beautiful colors and the urge to go outside and create something beautiful! Who doesn’t love Fall??!

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    Alice Reinhardt says

    The vibrant colors of the fall pumpkins stun the senses, with their irresistible colors. My favorites are what are commonly called heirloom pumpkins, they are a warty assortment of pumpkins and gourds. It is just so fulfilling designing a display of fall décor, each year I do it a little different, of course adding the seasonal mums, it just gives me a lot of joy to behold.

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    patricia skinner says

    I love the colors of Autumn like the beautiful oranges, reds and purples. I love the cooler weather too.

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    Lynette says

    The cool crisp air of Wisconsin, getting the last of the garden harvested and making treats like apple crisp, apple pie bread or chili!!

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    Casey says

    I love cleaning out the flower beds of the spent annuals after which I enjoy a break, sipping a pumpkin spiced latte and munching on a pumpkin scone before going inside to bake a pumpkin pie!

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    Barbara says

    In autumn my Dahlias show off and produce lots of flowers. They love the cooler air. The leaves of our maple trees turn yellow and red, the sunshine makes them glow. The Italian plums are ripe and we have to harvest them before the bear does. We will have lots of plum cake.

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    Amy Olmsted says

    My favorite thing about Autumn is the light while hiking through the forests of Vermont, the way is slants through the trees and lights up the understory. It’s magic.

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    Liz Barrett says

    What I love about autumn is the respite from the heat of summer and the chance to do some gardening before winter. Love your blog Kevin!

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    Kathleen Killmeyer says

    For me there is no better season than Autumn. I love staring up at the tops of trees with the deep blue sky behind the leaves creating a gorgeous melody of contrast! It is absolutely a reason to also love living in New England. You really are a super person Kevin – thank you again for always sharing so much.

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    Rudolf says

    I love fall, take long walks with my lovely wife, to whom I am married for 48 years. Our anniversary is in fall. We walk on the golf course and collect golf balls, step into the ponds like children. Fall has so many colors, yes I love it.

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    Rosemary o'garra says

    The thought of the lovely rich soil that will come from all the raked up leaves. And the weather being cooler so I can enjoy being outside without sweltering heat. Love the beginning of the soup season and the rows of preserves on the shelves. Also here in New Zealand Autumn is the pick your own fruit from the orchards. love it. Thanks Kevin.

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    Debby Stone says

    I love the crisp fall air after the heat and humidity of summer. Makes you glad to be alive.

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    Anne Welch says

    College football, cool weather, changing closets and decorations to fall, swapping out summer annual flowers for pansies and other cool weather plants and just the changing of the season in general.

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    Alice Henneberg says

    Thick fog hanging in the redwood trees, dripping down on the forest floor and making everything smell like heaven. Bright orange pumpkins resting quietly in the fields waiting only for the pickers to come give them a new home and their final purpose in life – to make children laugh and pies in a multitude of kitchens.

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    Selma says

    I love autumn! Beautiful clear crisp days, beautiful leaves, warm fires in the fireplace and long hikes in the Northwest Connecticut hills!

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    Karin Soderberg says

    I love the anticipation that autumn brings– the bright yellow of the school bus signifies a new school year has begun, the cozy warmth of the first fire in the wood stove reminds me that soon there will be snow, the first time I catch the scent of the cinnamon brooms in the grocery store remind me of the approaching holidays, and the constant hustle of the grey squirrels as they gather “my” hickory nuts amuses me as I put my gardens to bed and dream of seed catalogs to come!

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    Debra says

    Out here in HOT HOT Kansas it is supposed to cool down in fall. Even though we have some 80 degree days still, it is starting to cool FINALLY! Miss the northeast 🙁

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    Kris Fox says

    I love the angle of light, and although I am not happy about shorter days, I do like the gathering-in feeling that fall brings.

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    Mary D says

    My favorite season! Love the crisp fresh air, the changing colors, fresh picked apples from our trees. This will be our first try at fresh apple cider. Love that the garden is wearing down and our crop harvest will soon begin. I’d be happy with autumn all year long!

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    Patricia Chiaravolloti says

    I love autuum and especially Thanksgiving and everything that goes with it, but I must say that I do go into a little bit of a depression that my very favorite season, summer, is ending. Sorry. I’m a summer baby!
    I love your articles Kevin. So interesting and always fun!!

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    Shawna Adam says

    I wish for the crisp cold fall weather of the mid-west, but end up with a blistering record setting heatwave that is now occurring in S. Cal…100 today! Compounded by the water drought, my plants, and trees are barely eeking it out ….sigh…

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    Samantha Gray says

    A blue not seen in the sky in any other season – and the same blue reflected in my favourite flowers – “Heavenly Blue” morning glories.

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    bett says

    Every season I say ‘this is my favorite season in my garden’, but Autumn really is my favorite…. the colour, the bulbs, the walking around with pen & paper deciding what needs shifting, adding to, ditching, the promise of next spring. And yes, I would love love love a Garden Design subscription.

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    Patricia O'Mara says

    I love the cooler weather, the color of the fall leaves and the sound of them rustling in the wind. Pumpkins, apples, winter squash.

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    tammie says

    I love the colorful leaves that blanket the earth when the trees are finished with them…I don’t rake, I walk in the colorful leaves and watch them blow in the wind. Leaves blowing in the wind are magical.

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    Kathy says

    Ah, fall… I love the chill in the air and warm sun on my back, russet-y colors, all the lovely produce, soup, fires in the woodstove, and good books read on rapidly darkening evenings. Also, the last heave-ho of garden harvesting, cutting back, and prepping for a winter’s rest. So many reasons to love fall!

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    Lucyna Plaza says

    I like to go outside in the morning and feel the refreshing breeze of Autumn. I like to look at changing colors of trees, and I am amazed how nature goes to sleep with such a splendor of beauty.

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    Lisa says

    I love the leaves changing colors, planting spring bulbs, having coffee on the porch and looking at the last fall blooms in the cool mornings.
    I don’t like tilling my garden over, cleaning my tools, but it has to be done.

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    Kat says

    Everything! I love the crunch of fall leaves under my feet, and the smells, and the beautiful colors! Living in NYState we have such beautiful fall colors. Oh and I love the cooler temperatures!

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    Paula Fraser says

    What I love about Autumn is that, as I clean up the garden, it’s a time to reflect on what went right or wrong and a door into future plans. Not just for the garden.

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    Peg says

    I’m in northern Ohio close to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and our fall color is just beautiful. Come for a visit sometime…you’ll agree

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    Frani says

    I love everything about fall, from the bright blooms of the goldenrod and other fall flowers to the beautiful colors of the fall leaves. We look forward to the shorter and hopefully cooler days, although in the South we call fall the second summer. I love the scrumptious fall scents, decorating our home and cooking all the fun things for a crowd.

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    kat says

    I love being able to turn-off the air conditioner and open the windows. The cool outside air makes sleeping such a pleasure. Autumn is when I re-familiarize myself with the stove and oven for the fruit pies and fruit crisps I bake. Melancholy arrives since Winter is around the corner.

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    Patricia Cremens says

    I love the freshness in the air. There is nothing better than breathing cooler air after the muggy air of summer.

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    Carla Crouch says

    Hayrides to pick pumpkins and gourds through the woods of changing leaves and cool breeze! Front porch fall decor!

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    Bonnie says

    I love all the leaves that change colors and also the cooler weather. It amazing to see things change right in front of your eyes. I love the cool crisp air in the fall. You can almost smell winter time coming. I love all the fall flowers that bloom out. We have a big yard full of flowers and bushes that are so old. I wished I knew how to save them so they can live on and on. I love how our grandkids collect leaves and ask what tree’s they are from and how do we save them. I know it isn’t on a lot of minds these days to learn about the trees and how old they are. It is so amazing how old some of the living things on this earth is.

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    Kathy Brown says

    I love sleeping with the windows open and waking up to a sun that is low in the sky. Everything looks fresh and new!

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    Alison Bonner says

    I love that autumn is cooler so I can get back to doing more work outside in my garden without dying of heat exhaustion!

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    Jan says

    Autumn is my favorite season! I love high school and college football, cooler days and nights, beautiful mums, pumpkins and gourds, decorating for Halloween and Thanksgiving, cooking and baking heartier recipes – a time for enjoying nature, family and friends!

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    Mary says

    I love the new song of the birds and planting broccoli, kale and collards for our Florida winter garden!

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    Susie says

    Cool, crisp weather, cozy sweaters and walks through the woods. Let’s not forget cooking hearty soups, stews and stick to your ribs dinners!

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    Carol says

    I love watching the birds move through our area, whether they are coming down from the Rocky Mountains, or heading south from parts farther north. When the Juncos show up I know fall is here.

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    Doreen says

    I love the way that Mother Nature prepares for her Winter nap. Even though Summer is my favorite season, Fall brings a crispness and beauty to the Mid Hudson Valley that can’t be beat!

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    Susan K Bingler says

    Everyone is in a better mood because of the beauty of autumn. It’s a wonderful time to be in the garden.

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    Doreen says

    I love how Mother Nature prepares for her winter nap. The crispness in the air and the amazing parade of colors that our trees in the Mid Hudson Valley display are top notch!

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    Cheryl Balster says

    I love Autumn because it signals the herbal harvest. The time when I reap the the fruits of my labor from my herb garden. Autumn signals my gathering, drying, freezing, and dehydrating my herbs to enjoy in holiday cooking and baking. Wonderful aromas will fill my home and the satisfaction I feel knowing I grew and harvested my herbs is always very uplifting.
    Autumn also means the holidays, and many gathering of friends and family. It’s a most wonderful time; A loving time. (And, did I mention, my Birthday is in October!)

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    Julie R says

    I love everything about Autumn. Crunching the pretty colorful leaves while taking walks in the cooler crisp air, cider and doughnuts, pumpkin seeds, comfort food, and Autumn decorating.

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    Lana VanDenBerg says

    Jean jackets, sweatshirts, mums, pumpkins, gourds, picking apples in nearby orchards, red, orange,rust and golden falling leaves, gorgeous sunrises and awesome Lake Michigan sunsets in the cooler crisp autumn air of beautiful southwestern Michigan.

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    beth c says

    I love the colors, I love getting the garden all tucked in for the colder season and planting fall crops, I love hikes in the falling leaves & acorns, I love fall nature projects with the kiddo, I love the sales at the local garden centers, I love fresh local apple cider and picking pumpkins, I love snuggling up in front of the fire with the family and some hot cocoa!! Lots of things, really 🙂 Thanks for the fabulous blog and the wonderful giveaway!

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    Sandy Martinez says

    Hi Kevin! You are so cool to give away such a wonderful gift. You’re so lovey dovey!
    If I am drawn, I will share with my friend Rosa who just bought a new home without landscaping.
    Have a great night!

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    Lana VanDenBerg says

    Jean jackets, sweatshirts, mums, pumpkins, gourds, picking apples in nearby orchards, red, orange,rust and golden falling leaves, gorgeous sunrises and awesome colorful Lake Michigan sunsets in the cooler crisp autumn air of beautiful southwestern Michigan.

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    Cindy H. says

    The autumn leaves, fall flowers, gathering of neighbors by a fire pit, roasted marshmallows, Apple pie shots, Halloween including children in costumes, decorations, and parties!!

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    Missy says

    Love walking my Beagle in the fall – so nice and crisp, and love the changing colors of the leaves. Always enjoy having apple cider and hot chocolate at night!

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    Linda Dunlap says

    I love the cooler weather and all the color, color, color!! Appreciate it more then right before we are covered in the white of winter.

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    Heike Woolard says

    I have finally figured out that Autumn is after all my favorite season. This nasty hot and muggy summer is finally over and slowly it will start feeling cooler in the mornings and I will be able to actually breathe again when going outside. I will also be able to take my two girls walking again. Maggie and I have gained weight over the summer, as older girls do when we are not active. Sugar is fine, but she’s only a little over a year old. Yay for Fall in Eastern NC.

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    Margo says

    What I love about fall here in Florida is that hurricane season ends, I can pack away the hurricane “bug out” supplies. and the night temps drop to the high 70’s. Whats not to love about fall?

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    Barb H says

    The colors of fall are the most beautiful colors on God’s palette. When looking at the trees it makes me cry sometimes as they are so intensely beautiful.

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    Marsha says

    I love the cool crisp air, burnt orange/burgundy colors and the fact that the heat and humidity if gone until next summer.

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    Beverly Wittmer says

    I love the cooler weather. I love garden designing. Trying to do more if it now that I’m retired from nursing.

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    Lillian Ruedrich says

    Cranes flying through on their way south, yellow birch leaves against a brilliant blue sky.

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    Mary Lou says

    I love canning the pears and applesauce which tells me Autumn has arrived at our house! Autumn touches our souls in a way that no other season does.. loving earths’ bounty in the harvest of the root vegetables and the harvest moon and stew and homemade bread for dinner! So simple but soo special!

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    brenda treants says

    I love the weather, cool and crisp with colors that bring a smile. To see a tree dressed in yellow and gold and orange splashes added from the garden. Such a joy is Autumn – my favorite season. BjT

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    Jan says

    I love the vibrant oranges, yellows, and deep reds and the wonderful smells of bottleing grape juice!

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    Amanda says

    Apple picking, planting garlic, making soup, and the change of color here in the northeast are among my favorite things about fall. Just waiting for the leaves to fall so that we can mulch and use them for weed control and winter protection for some of our plants from the upcoming, inevitable elements.

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    Jasmin says

    It’s the time to plant more tulips! And all the weeds start to magically disappear without any help from me.

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    Arianna says

    Autumn is my favorite season. To me it means colors and crunchy leaves. Mornings as crisp as a newly ripe Apple. And the promises made by new bulbs being planted and old plants being divided.

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    Karen Routh says

    The colours of the leaves of autumn are stunning, crisp air, blue sky, dog walks, chilly evenings by an open log fire with cinnamon cookie! Happy days!

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    Joy Brinduse says

    So many things about autumn…..Making homemade chicken noodle soup outside over the open fire…..going to the orchard to pick apples…..cool, crisp mornings…..the end of my husband’s seasonal job…………the end of picking and canning garden vegetables……….

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    Jan says

    I love the crisp fall temperatures and the warm rich colours of nature, knowing a snowy new season is just around the corner when my garden rests.

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    Vicki K says

    What’s not to love about Autumn, but mostly the trees with their changing colors and the smell in the air of freshness and earth tones knowing a long hard Winter is just around the corner which makes Autumn all the more special.

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    Beth says

    What’s not to love? From cooler temps to carpets of fallen leaves and color galore, autumn delights me. Bright, vivid colors of pumpkins and mums, and everything apple and pumpkin delight me as I prepare for the impending winter. It is a great time to garden; I am able to plant new perennials and shrubs in pleasant temperatures, with less stress on the plants.

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    Kim says

    The flash of orange outside the window that causes me to rush outside. Here in northwest Georgia, Fall is the only time I see monarch butterflies in my yard.

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    Shawnee says

    Color galore, butterflies en route, crunching leaves–and the smells of Autumn–oh the woody smells fill my senses!

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    Arlette McNamara says

    Fall is my favorite season. Im a novice gardener and learning a lot from you (THANK YOU!) I prefer the cool crisp air than the high humidity. It draws me outside where Im preparing for the seasons to come. Im bringing in the last of the produce from my fruit and vegetable gardens, Im trying to figure out what perennials worked and what didn’t. I want to learn how to save seeds and propagate new plants for next year. And then there’s the bon fires and a glass of wine at the end of the day…..priceless.

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    Jayne says

    I love the cooler temperatures and being able to work out in the garden more because of them. I also love all the pumpkin recipes I will now be able to pull out again!

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    Janet Stone says

    The air is so crisp it’s invigorating! I love the colors, the roadside fruit stands and the apple cider!

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    Janet E Brewer says

    Living in Christmas, Florida our falls are like the beginning of a fresh, new spring. The bit of “crisp” in the air is so delicious. The bit of color change on the tress is beautiful. The extra
    bit of energy and motivation that I receive is so welcomed. I love our fall season! And I love
    that I receive your emails, recipes, ideas and everything that you share with us….

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    Jess says

    I love the cool, crisp air and the smells! Cinnamon, leaves, grapes ready for harvest, and the sweet caramel smell of our katsura tree…

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    Merhlyn says

    Maryland is beautiful in the Fall. Love the mums and other fall flowers.
    Sad to see winter come though!!!!

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    Leslie says

    Fall is getting into full swing here in western Maine. Finally had to pull up a blanket on the bed!

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    Sheryl Graves says

    Crisp days, fall hikes (not so sweaty!), changing leaves, the fall smells (wood smoke, dry leaves, pumpkin pies), heartier dinners…more time to sit inside and read that awesome new magazine!

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    Laura says

    What’s not to love – the clear, blue skies, crisp air, pumpkins, mums, falling leaves, fall fairs, and trying your recipes.

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    Susan Golden says

    I love fall so much that I wrote a poem/song about it:

    “I’d love to be where it’s fall year round
    But two months a year is the best I’ve found
    So I take time out to enjoy it all
    Cause nothing lifts my spirits like the feel of fall.

    I sit on my fence and I breathe in the air
    It’s fresh and it’s crisp so I linger there
    And gaze up at trees where the sunbeams dance
    And leaves tumble down in an avalanche

    I walk through the leaves and they crunch below
    And soon in their place will be drifts of snow
    Til then I’ll delight in the weeks
    And revel in the autumn leaves of gold and red.”

    Autumn is simply magical for me and it lifts my spirits beyond description!

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    Rosie S says

    Cooler weather and fall decorating with all of the pumpkins, corn stalks and of course, Halloween staples (spider webs, spooky fairy garden, black cats!). Love this time of year. Thanks for the fun give-away!

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    Nancy Young says

    Everything! The cool, crisp mornings; the crunch of the leaves underfoot; the smell of autumn; the colorful flowers with the backdrop of the fallen leaves around them; a warm bonfire outside on a chilly evening with friends.

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    Ceal Whalen says

    Ceal
    After retiring last year from teaching in Maryland I chose to move back to New England (Conn.) because there is no place on earth that Fall shows her most beautiful work!

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    Veronica Erdmann says

    I love the colors of Autumn!
    Whether it be in fruit, flowers or trees: orange, gold, burgundy and brown make me happy!

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    Christine Swift says

    Hot Spicy Apple Cider and making a scarecrow to sit in the Adirondack chair on my front porch. Love your Blog Kevin…

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    Penelope Roberts says

    What I love about Autumn – the colors, a veritable rainbow; the sounds, geese honking their way south & leaves crunching underfoot; the smell of bonfires burning; the tastes, apple cider, pumpkin spices; the feeling of change, chilly mornings & evenings; the traditions, kids drawing turkeys using hands as a template, getting ready for Thanksgiving & the following holiday seasons. What’s not to love about Autumn?

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    Barbara says

    That shot of oxygen energy when the weather changes–and putting on sweats for the first time for morning chores.

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    NC Barb says

    After months of 90+ days, I am looking forward to cooler temps so I can make soups and stews again. Great time to plant and transplant.

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    Nicole says

    Love the colors of fall and the feel of change in the air. Free mulch falling from my trees. Part of me also looks forward to putting the garden to sleep for a winter’s rest for both the garden and the gardener!

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    Pam Hanson says

    Love all the comments, fall is a special time of year.
    Cider mill visits, fall walks with the doggies and anticipation of next springs garden (I can skip winter altogether) that’s what I enjoy!
    And of course snuggling up with a gardening magazine 😉

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    JULIE B says

    Everything! The colors, the cooler temperatures, when your front side is warm but the back still cold after sitting by a cozy fire!

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    brenda says

    I love the the way the sun looks/feels and that melancholy feeling of something ending and beginning at the same time

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    Susan H. says

    Besides the usual fall things mentioned (pumpkins, leaf color changes, asters, cider…), I like fall as a time to reflect on successes and challenges of the growing season (spring and summer), and putting the gardens to rest for the winter. I too need the rest, especially after the weeks of drought we had in OH this summer. I see fall as a transition time and on a cool evening, sitting by the fire with a cup of tea, is bliss.

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    Ruth Eliot says

    Love the fall foliage, football games, county fairs, picking apples, fall decorating and baking apple and pumpkin pies.

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    Sheila A says

    I love the smell & sound of fresh leaves crunching under my boots. I love the taste of warm, freshly baked apple cider donuts. And, the sight of my children jumping in piles of newly raked leaves. My Bichon Frise appreciates the break from the humidity of the East Coast, as well. It’s fun to watch her hopping around with “glee” on these cool mornings! 🙂 Wishing you a Happy Fall, Kevin. Thank you for your inspiring posts.

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    Dawn F says

    There is nothing about autumn that I don’t like! I live in an area with many apple orchards, and this time of year everyone has apple fritters, apple pies, caramel apples, and apple cider. We also have an orchard that makes apple vodka, apple gin, and apple wine. It is a wonderful time of year!

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    Paula Wolff says

    Pumpkins and squashes of all sizes and colors, fresh apples, crisp air, and brilliantly colored leaves.

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    gillian says

    love your blog. thank you for such inspiring words and pictures and recipes and reminders of how lucky we are to be living in a time where visiting with friends is so easy, no matter where they live. And now Autumn is working her way towards us with her cooler weather, amazing colours, wonderful ripening foods and other reminders of the end of the cycle of growth and beginning of the cycle of rest for us and all of nature.

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    M Smith says

    Love fall foliage, cooler temps and bonfires!! October is also a big celebration month for our family birthdays and anniversaries!!

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    Shayla says

    I love the colors of the leaves, even when they spill on the lawn. Autumn is the new beginning time of year for me. 🙂

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    Fran Sheehan says

    love the colors of the leaves. the garden has been harvested and cleaned up for next year.
    Dislike VERY much that the Fsnow will be falling soon.

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    Frangel says

    Apple Butter in the oven, Gingerbread Bars, Pumpkin ANYTHING, Scalloped Squash Apple Casserole. Mums tucked everywhere among the shrubs and many colored coleus, the cool weather to tidy the yard, plant bulbs, enjoy wine in the yard with family and friends, celebrate all the birthdays in the yard among the Moon flowers, caladiums and elephant ears that flourished through the summer. Hiking through fields of asters, goldenrod, coneflowers etc., and watching the Mississippi River roll by. Unfortunately, our area has been experiencing serious flooding from heavy rains the past month. Mudslides and gully washers have destroyed homes, businesses, campgrounds and highways. I am feeling incredibly grateful.

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    Carolyn says

    I love having al the tomatoes, peppers, hot sauce, and jams lined up and looking so attractive, representing a great deal of work over a few months but tasting so good when the snow flies. Happy Autumn.

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    Kristen Griffin says

    Fall is so welcome after a long, hot summer. Beautiful, dewy,cool mornings…harvesting the last of the vegetables and admiring all you’ve preserved. Time to cook chili and soup and bake bread again!!!

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    Angie Lloyd says

    I’m a summer girl all the way, but I do love the relief from searing heat that autumn brings. I love the smell of autumn days. Most importantly, it brings in chili season!

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    Carol says

    I love fall perennials. I would love a break in this relentless heat and humidity we have had this summer in Georgia, and I hear it is finally coming this week. I subscribe to Garden Design, but I would love to win a year’s renewal. And, oh yes, I love to read your blog in fall (and winter, and spring, and summer, too).

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    Kathleen says

    I love autumn for its cooler temperatures, crisp air, bright fall foliage and flowers, and happy memories of fall from my childhood in Iowa.

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    Susie Q says

    I love Autumn away from all the heat that has killed most of my plants even with water. its causing some kind of rot (brown) on the bottom of my tomatoes.

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    KRYSTYNA says

    I love the leaves changing,to see those reds near green,so beautiful and my birthday it is on the end of the fall too

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    roberto bilbao says

    Good soup weather , curl a with a good magazine and the dog.
    Time to break out the jacket and window scraper.
    Stay Cool!!!!!!!

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    Charlotte DeBoer says

    I love the crisp crunch of colorful fallen leaves beneath my feet and the sound of the rustling wind blowing through the trees.

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    Robin livingston says

    Football and marching band, cooler weather, changing colors of foliage, pumpkin spice coffee, wearing sweaters, the chill in the air. What is not to love!

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    Barb Sabatino says

    I love the smell of the air, especially at night, and the asters and all the fun pumpkins and gourds, and smelling the wood smoke from our fireplace. And hot mulled cider!

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    Georgeann Brown says

    Finally a respite from the gosh awful heat this summer, my BD falls right after the beginning of fall. What more can I ask for?

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    Becky Thorvig says

    Fall is the end and the beginning. It is the end of the peaceful moments spent in my garden sanctuary among all the colors, shapes, smells and sounds of summer. It’s the beginning of the vibrant colors of fall as nature bids it’s last farewell. Fall always stirs memories of my past when the air is crisp and I would take long walks among the falling leaves and enjoy the smell of a bonfire.

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    Fern Lys Horvath says

    The fragrance of the autumn air, the view of sunlight filtering through the trees settling on the bkyd. flower beds in the foreground while I sit on the patio gazing upon all this beauty, enjoying a lovely mellow glass of excellent Merlot listening to Louis Armstrong “It’s a wonderful World”

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    Laura L says

    Love, love the crisp mornings, almost nonexistent humidity, and the bright blue sky. Also enjoy harvesting our row crops (think corn and soybeans) with my family. Definitely my most favorite of the seasons!

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    Valerie McRae says

    The cooler, crisp air makes me want to take a break from the world of plants and travel to Europe. (Where you spend lots of time looking up at buildings!)

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    Barbara says

    Autumn … my favorite season. I love crisp leaves under foot, pumpkin pie, apple crumble, the coolness in the air and actually I enjoy the ritual of putting the garden to sleep! Ahhh … !!! Oh, and did I mention stews, soups, baked cookies and loaf breads?
    Thank you Kevin!
    Barbara

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    Ally says

    I never thought I’d say this, but I’m loving the slight nip in the air. This summer was just so hot!

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    Linda Willeck says

    I love the changing leaves in autumn – the colors are my favorites. I love the scents & flavors of pumpkin & spice in the kitchen. I love that the outdoor chores are a little easier than in the height of summer. Autumn is my favorite time of year.

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    Carole 68 says

    All right I’ll try my luck, it’s international right ?
    What I love about autumn is the cooler temperatures and the rain (though we’re a little behind on this one this year).
    I love to go out in the wee hours of the morning and the air is cool and mild, and the landscape a little misty. Such a welcome change after summer that is generally suffocating ! And I also love to plant bulbs.
    Thank you for organising this giveaway and happy autumn to you.

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    Barbara says

    Sad to bid “adieu” to summer but Kevin’s words on rooting scented geraniums – favorites – led to my finding a rose-scented geranium in a stunning garden, and the gardener let me have a cutting. I think it will grace the winter windowsill!

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    Shahana says

    I love fall because of beautiful fall colors,family apple picking tradition,Pumpkin decoration and my daughter’s birthday.

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    Barbara Follis says

    I love the color of Autumn and all the festivities that go with it. The trees changing colors and the crispness in the air. Going to the Bayfield apple festival and taking the ferry to Madeline Island. Drinking fresh apple cider.

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    Christine Ruth says

    The glorious combinations of rich colours in the trees, last tomatoes and dahlias, and the stunning early sunsets

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    Dee Dee says

    I love that the weather is beautiful at the beach because there is no marine layer from it being so hot inland!

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    Karen Savino says

    Autumn is not really my favorite time of year, although I do find it beautiful, the colors, mums, the crisp cool air, the smells, apples, pumpkins, scarecrows, halloween. I also feel a bit let down. My garden that I labored all summer to keep beautiful is dying, turning brown, not looking happy. I miss its robust beauty and know that I have a long wait to see it again. The leaves when they turn color are thrilling and lovely but then I am sad when they fall leaving behind a mess to clean up and naked trees to look at all winter. Fall is the opening act to dreaded winter. Personally I love spring! Maybe I should move??

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    mary meehan says

    I love Autumn because of the ever-changing reds and golds of trees and shrubs, and I especially enjoy keeping an eye out for different birds wending their way to warmer climes… ‘wouldn’t miss it!
    Mary

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    Diane B. Cottrell says

    I love the THOUGHT of fall, my favorite season, even though the temp was 96 at the BEACH yesterday. With patience I will have cooler days, fall flowers, ripened pumpkins & gourds, and I will search Southern California for the trees that dress in full color. Fall means I miss New England !!
    Diane

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    Jan in CA says

    I love the cooler weather and, hopefully, the rain after our hot, dry summer. I love planting my winter vegetable garden.

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    Deb Nelson says

    Autumn… the crisp sunny mornings glistening with dew, birds singing their final chorus and the sweet aroma of the garden harvest.

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    Carolyn says

    After living in so cal my whole life, moving to the NW, I love the weather, the changing colors and just about everything!

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    Liliana Blanco says

    There is a very distinctive scent in the air… It must be the mix of falling leaves, Northern breeze and pumpkin pie almost ready. Then add the colors, and call it a “recipe for simple joy”.

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    Elizabeth Macdonald says

    I love pumpkin spice flavored coffee from Dunkin. And I also love all the beautiful fall foliage.

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    Margaret says

    I don’t love it at all. My arthritis loves the heat of summer and gives me grief in cold weather.

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    Nancy says

    I love the smell of the crisp autumn air….driving a convertible down a road full of fallen leaves and watch the leaves dance as you drive through them…candy apples, cider and doughnuts…smelling all the spices used in fall cooking and baking…standing in an open doorway during a thunderstorm…taking my dog for long walks in the cool weather…curling up with hot chocolate and a good book…the laziness that fall inspires.

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    Laura says

    It’s not 11:59 yet on the West Coast… I love the last “hot spells” here in the PNW cuz you know they’re harmless. The days are so short that the heat can’t build up and it dispels quickly and the hot spell can’t last for months like it can in, say, June. There are also still plenty of green tomatoes that need any remaining warmth to ripen.

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    Linda D says

    I love Autumn but it is too short up here in Fairbanks, Alaska. We go from green leaves on all the trees, to the next week yellow and golden, to all the falling leaves then our autumn is over!! To be able to walk out on the tundra and pick wild blueberries and cranberries with no mosquitoes biting. The smells of high bush cranberries is a sign that our summer is over and you better be getting ready for winter.

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