Sweater weather has finally arrived in more ways than one! ;) We've stocked up on everyone's favorite fall candles, tobacco barn and sweater weather . It's so relaxing to light one of these wonderfully fragrant candles in the evening...maybe while preparing dinner, watching a movie or having friends over. Sweater weather is a memory candle that evokes the best cold weather fun such as chili, hot chocolate and, of course, sweaters. While Tobacco Barn reminds you of the soft sweet aroma of tobacco plants drying the barns of TN, KY and NC. If you've ever driven down the backroads growing up in...

This is the time of year to begin applying a fresh layer of mulch to your plants. Grab a bag of aged compost as you pass by your local hardware store and spread a couple inches around your hardwood perennials, roses and other flowering shrubs, herbs and trees. Keep the mulch a few inches away from the plants themselves creating a doughnut like space between the plant and mulch. Doing a little bit at a time is less strenuous than hauling lots of bags of mulch or compost and trying to do it all in a day...or weekend. Choose one area and begin there with the goal of completing by Thanksgiving or...