Things to Plant:

Ornamental Kale and Cabbage
Plant pansies now  for winter color and the best pansies in the spring
Trees, shrubs and perennials
Greens: Lettuce, spinach, kale, pak choi, swiss chard, endive, collards, ect.  Cover with a row cover.
Broccoli, cabbage, kholrabi, cauliflower.  Cover with row cover (especially cauliflower).
Garlic, Shallots, Leeks and Onions.  Plant garlic on the first full moon of october.  October 23rd.
Fava Beans from seed.  These help "fix" the nitrogen in the soil and winter over very well
Plant bulbs.  Add bone meal into the hole.
Plant Strawberries.

Plant Horseradish root.

Chores:

Remove all garden debris to prevent disease and pests through the winter.
Gather leaves for leaf mold pile.
Cover leafy greens and brassica family with row cover.
Cover tender crops for extended season.
Harvest sweet potatoes towards the end of the month.
Keep crops watered.
Harvest the last of the pears and apples.
If you have had blight in pear trees, add azomite to the soil around tree.
Get beds ready in greenhouse for winter growing.
Take cuttings of tender perennials for next years growing.
Remove and discard old tomato vines.  I don't add them to the compost in case of disease.
Keep weeds cleared to make next years gardening easier.
This month or next month get soil ready for spring as you pull out this years crops.
Fertilize citrus trees.