By October the fencerows outside Smackover go red with sumac, the pines hold their own stubborn green, and log trucks are running the highway before daylight. Timber Landscaping llc keeps early hours through that season too, working yards down from summer growth into something that will sit well all winter. Leaves come off the lawn instead of packing down on it, the last cuts come at a shorter setting, and the edges along walks and drives are taken back where summer let them creep. There is a plain kind of relief in the final visit of the year — grass brushed clean, borders visible again, everything squared away before the cold. Come spring the same yard starts from a good place.