As the curtain closes on another gardening season, it’s time to take care of a few things that fall under the so-called category of “putting your yard to bed.”

Here’s a to-do list of 10 of them:

1.) Clean but don’t “sanitize.”

It makes sense to get rid of diseased or bug-ridden foliage and excessive leaves that threaten to smother the lawn and groundcover beds, but you don’t have to remove every last bit of fallen organic debris from the yard.

Consider leaving the leaves at the base of trees and shrubs, around dormant perennials, and over top of bare annual-flower and vegetable gardens as winter soil insulation and erosion-control.

Mow light layers of leaves into the lawn. For heavier leaf layers that threaten to mat down the lawn or evergreen groundcovers, gather them, chop them, and

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