Summer is done, just look at your trees leaves, they are getting less sunlight, fading chlorophyll, schools are back, Labor Day is done, football season is upon us and look in your grocery store and see the Halloween candy is already tempting you.I know, I know, many of you in the south don't experience what we do above the Mason-Dixon line, but you might get an ice snap or those surges of darn tourists and snow birds that hate the heat but like the warmth will be upon you. (that's your penance.)I know we've got a good couple of months yet, but plan and act early and you'll even have time to put up your holiday decorations without being nipped by ole man frost.Step 1: The Great Patio Furniture EvacuationIt happens every year. One day you’re enjoying an iced coffee on the deck, and the n... 09/07/2026