from the editor
As much as I usually dread the end of summer, when it does arrive, I find that it actually feels more like a beginning. Maybe it’s the back-to-school excitement (that honestly doesn’t seem to be as strong in my kids as I remember for myself!). But even if I didn’t have kids going back to school, fall’s long stretch of terrific weather renews my energy for gardening as plants perk up and start a spectacular stretch of color and change. Suddenly all I can think about is planting new perennials and restarting those projects that stalled out when I could barely keep the garden weeded and watered in late July. This year on our free weekends we’ll be rebuilding the tower that finally buckled under the weight of the sweet autumn…