While you managed to avoid summer gardening mistakes, autumn comes with its own challenges, whether that's unpredictable weather or early frosts. Autumn gardening mistakes: 7 seasonal faux pas to avoidWhether you consider yourself a gardening professional or have just started vegetable gardening for beginners, it's all too easy to make mistakes when the seasons shift. Reducing watering too early(Image credit: Getty Images)Although you might think watering your garden plants properly is most important in summer, you'll want to keep it up all through autumn too. If you do need to tidy up leaves around your garden, rake up the leaves and leave them in piles around the garden or in borders," he continues. Planting bulbs too late(Image credit: Getty Images)You may already know that autumn is a great time to plant spring bulbs, but it can be all too easy to leave it too late.