Tip: Fall prep for winter

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Pull out annual flower and vegetable plants and compost. Clearing off these dead plants reduces the potential for pests in your garden next year and lessens work next spring. Wait to do any pruning till spring when you see buds swelling. Dead areas in your lawn? Dormant seed to rejuvenate these areas next spring. Leave the leaves on garden as habitat for important pollinators like queen bees and to add carbon and nutrients to the soil.