October may not be the ideal month for grass germination, but it's not too late to usually get new grass seed up and growing ...

Good thing is, fall is the perfect time to give the lawn a good shot in the arm.

If lush, green grass is your goal, you'll want to make sure you're properly fertilizing your lawn. This natural option avoids the downsides of synthetic ones.

Move the vulnerable plants to slightly more shaded areas and replace them with plants known to shrug off drought without watering. Echinops, eryngium, hylotelephium (Sedum), lavender, nepeta and ...