The fall season is coming and this is a good time to do some things around the house. People that like to garden can begin getting their ground ready for spring, by removing weeds and adding in fertilizers. Starting a worm bed for richer soil can begin in the fall too. We set our clocks back 1 hour in the fall and this is a good time to replace the batteries in your smoke alarms. Your fire and smoke alarms should have their batteries replaced every 6 months and doing this procedure during our “time changes” is what the safety experts suggest. If you have an air conditioner that sits in the window, you can use this time to replace or clean the filter in it. I haven’t cleaned my air conditioner filter one time this year and I know it needs it bad. The people that use indoor air cleaning systems will want to clean or replace them too. It’s not that hard to replace your humidifier filters, so no excuses here. I know you don’t want to freeze this winter, so now is a good time to start sealing up all the cracks around the windows or any spots your home may be losing heat from. Our heating bills seem to get higher every year and everyone can save their self some money by sealing up the home real tight.

Can you think of any other home maintenance jobs that can be performed during the fall? You can reply with your suggestions and tips and we can all get to work now; before Old Man Winter gets here. In case we have an early winter, just start with your outside jobs first and then take care of the chores you have to do indoors. I’m sure the folks that burn wood for heating or cooking purposes has been cutting wood all summer long. These people will really want to get busy, so they’re not chopping wood outside in freezing temperatures.