Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A watering can pouring over fall leaves. - 802290022/Getty Images Fall often feels like a break for both plants and gardeners.

It’s dry out there, folks. It's so dry, I'll quote a local tree grower I ran into years back. When I asked him how dry it was in his field, he said “It’s so dry out there, the trees are followin’ the ...