That is what we have been doing for the last 4 days. I have open blisters on my right hand so am calling it quits for a few days until they heal up. Been cleaning out the dead plant tops, dead heading zinnias, trimming overgrown butterfly bushes, and digging out new beds for next year. I have several plants to put in before winter hits so they will get some root growth before it gets too cold. When the yard starts looking dry and scraggly it gets a clean up and haircut.
The vegetable garden still has to have the sweet potatoes dug but we wait until the first light frost before we do that.
Ann in TN