Welcome to My Garden: Preparing your flower garden for fall, and next spring

My calendar says that September is a fall month, but here in Central Texas, it feels like summer is still up and around! Veteran gardeners know, however, that it is time for autumn gardening activities to begin. It’s the perfect time of year to clean up flower and vegetable beds and include other chores such as dividing, planting and watering plants, shrubs and trees. 

In this column, I’ll tal…