Fall yard maintenance tips

I returned from a week long vacation yesterday and one of the first things I noticed was that there is much more red in the mountains than there was a week ago.  This reminded me that it's approaching that time of year when we must get our yards ready for winter.  I know most of us don't like to think about the prospect of snow coming soon, but here in Salt Lake I've been hearing that the mountains are going to get some in the next few weeks.  I'm providing a link to a helpful sheet entitled "9 Ways To Make Your Landscape Shine" that will help with fall seasonal maintenance tips.  I especially agree with tip number two, as I have witnessed the benefit that comes from fertilizing in the fall.  Around here it makes such a difference come spring time.  

So even though cold weather is coming, yards can still look great for a while.  There's no reason to let them go while we wait for snow.