Here’s your last-minute yard and garden fall checklist

You can tell the days are getting chillier, now that the mosquitoes are wearing flannel shirts.

Chilly weather and widespread freezes have put another growing season in the record books. Before we totally close up shop outdoors, it’s wise to take one last look around the yard and garden to make sure everything is tucked in for the winter.

Following is a last-minute checklist for buttoning up the yard and garden:

Rabbits can ruin fruit trees and some shrubs in late fall and winter when other food sources become snow-covered. Besides apple, plum and pear trees, vulnerable shrubs include rose, arborvitae, hydrangea, spirea, burning bush and raspberry. Fencing is the most reliable deterrent, but repellents like Liquid Fence and Plantskydd have proven successful for many homeowners.

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