It's September! And that means that soon enough the temperatures will be dropping, we'll be able to use our backyard fire pits again, and it'll be time to put the garden to bed for the winter . But don't rush that last one! Depending on where in the country you live you've still got a few weeks or even a few months of good growing season left, and this is just the time to get a few fast-growing cold-weather-loving crops into the ground to harvest in October and November.

To determine exactly how much time you have, you'll want to figure out when your likely first frost date is for your region. This can easily be done by looking up the expected first frost date for your area using this calculator from the National Gardening Association .

Once you have a good sense of when to exp

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