How do I cleanup my garden beds?
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How do I winterize my zucchini, red tomatoes that only came in as babies before cold weather hit, bell peppers that didn't make it all the way in, snap peas that are no longer blooming and very tiny tomatillos? Do I pull all of these and replant in Spring? I have pulled my beets out, onions and jalapenos - do these get replanted as well? My raspberries are growing and look ok so far!
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I leave everything till spring...that way all my critters that need food to survive can live on the leftovers....should trim rasp in feb....always
Mosr people clean out all remainder of garden plants, dig in compost, and cover the garden with heavy black plastic pinned in place or weighted with rocks. If your garden is extra large, just pull out existing plants, compost, and leave until Spring. If you're so inclined, you can plant a "cover crop" in Fall, to improve soil conditions for next year.
You can leave things in the garden, but I would remove anything in the tomato family including any leaves, branches or fruit that are on the ground. Leaving them could be harmful to tomatoes next year if they are harboring a virus or other tomato disease. I don't trim my raspberries until the spring when the leaves are budding out and I can cut out any dead wood. My couple of raspberry bushes like that treatment, they give me lots of fruit.
Leave them in garden to replenish soil unless you do not want any of them to possibly reseed themselves,then in spring rake up dead matter and reseed or plant. If you live in area with snow,frost freeze put nothing in ground til after Mothers Day
First what zone are you in? It matters. Find out here.
https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
You have a bunch of options here - all of them will work, just depends on what works in your garden. I would, however pull the tomatoes, zucchini , peppers and tomatillo as they can harbor fungus which will hurt next year's crops. Be sure to rotate your planting too. Never in the same spot twice if possible. Sounds like you did not get them in early enough, did not plant the correct variety for your zone, or had too much rain and not enough sun. I would have left the onions and beets, they are cold hardy and live through almost anything.
Do you want a planting guide for your zone?