I know it’s overused at this point, but it’s a phrase that jangles around in my head every morning as I watch the weather forecast and plant my day.   As a gardener, weather rules my day to day life and this fall it has been a little difficult to get all of my fall tasks planned and then executed with all the rain.   But rain or no, it’s time to put our summer gardens to bed for the season, assess what we have (and what we’d like to add) and set ourselves up for happy healthy gardens next spring.  In my opinion, fall is arguable the most important gardening season we people in New England have.  Good preparation now can save us loads of time and effort in the spring.  Here’s a basic checklist of what I look for and do in fall gardens.  As I cut back all my soft perennials, I’m mindful of how the plant will regrow next year and I cut the stems to a length I know won’t interfere with next year’s growth or leave me with a mess at the base of the plants that come up.  It’s much more time consuming to...