Wait until after the first good rain and a few 60 degree afternoons, walk your yard and gardens look for damage from mice or voles, this will be evidenced by trails in the grass. Check your gardens, look for signs of life in your perennial beds. Clean out all of the dead foliage but be careful not to damage the roots or pull them out of the ground by mistake. You now can prune unruly shrubs to shape. Don’t prune lilacs or viburnum varieties or azaleas as you will remove many