I had a close look at the leaves and they look like very natural colours, so I would leave them be. The shed on the left and the sign on the fence post would not be a great loss. For the B&W, the first (i.e. top left) appeals to me - so for once I seem to be in disagreement with LFM. Interesting how we all see things slightly differently. I guess that if all the Hogs were cogniscent of the fact, there would be fewer interminable 20-page topics!
Stay well and thanks for letting us view your recent pp rabbit-hole! I think we all go there sometimes. I have a daughter who is an illustrator - if there weren't deadlines, she would still be working on her first concepts 25 - years in!

I commend your desire to avoid overcooking. The original photo isn't weak so it doesn't need much editing. Of your edits I would choose #3. My advice would be don't overdo sharpening or cropping. IMO the saturation is very slightly overdone except for the orange leaves on the tree, but that's the sort of thing we do to taste.

For my edit I gave it just a little contrast and some minor tweaking to the light levels (toning down highlights was the main one). I did some tweaking to the individual colours, except for orange which I boosted. As I said, the original wasn't weak so it didn't need much of anything.

If I had more time to give it I would clone out the fence posts. As it is I cloned out some minor distractions.