The weather is nice enough that most people can still plant bulbs. Up until the ground freezes, you can get bulbs in your flowerbeds and vegetable garden, including garlic and daffodils.
I was recently at a harvest festival and I purchased two types of garlic. If you haven’t planted garlic before it’s fast and easy. You simply break the bulb apart into separate cloves and plant each clove 3 inches down and 5 inches apart. Each clove grows into a bulb and it’s well worth the little amount of space that they take up. I love buying specific types of garlic at festivals and farmers’ markets, but I have also simply planted garlic I bought at the grocery store. I know I am taking my chances with this method, since grocery store garlic wasn’t grown in Virginia and may not make it through our winters, but I haven’t had any problems in the past.
As for daffodils, I have hundreds growing around the yard. With so many amazing varieties available, I can’t help but plant a dozen or so new ones each year. I tuck daffodils behind and between my perennials. This way when the foliage of the daffodils is dying they are hidden by the new growth of the other plants. Look for new and different types of daffodils at fall farmers’ markets and through specialty growers, like our local grower Brent and Becky’s Bulbs.
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