LAST DAYS OF SUMMER

Fall officially starts this week on September 23. Lovely weather in the 80s and upper 70s with little chance of rain will usher out the last few days of summer.

Not only will those football games and cross country meets be more enjoyable to watch but you will have great weather to do the following:

*plant a strawberry bed so you will have homegrown strawberries in the Spring

*plant trees and bushes - the roots will grow until the ground freezes

*establish that fall salad garden that produces often into December

*outdoor painting projects

*prune the bushes one last time for 2014

* bonfires - it goes without saying that you will need marshmallows

* walk Elkmont's wonderful trail

*jump in leaves