I have 'frostproof' sillcocks for my garden hoses. A couple of years ago I turned off the outside water on schedule, but I forgot to disconnect the hose from the sillcock. The water in the hose and pipe froze solid and split the pipe inside the house.

The next task will be raking leaves. We have mostly conifers, but there are three gigantic maple trees near the house which are dropping leaves as I write this. Last year they produced two dozen 55 gal bags full of tightly compacted leaves.