September shortens the light over West Fork, and the hardwood ridges start turning while the grass is still growing strong. Coaches Lawn Service keeps the weekly rounds through that stretch, mowing, edging and trimming right up until the season finally quits. Then it becomes leaf work: corners cleared, lawns opened back up, the yard put to bed clean for the cold. There is a discipline in a cut lawn that is easy to admire and hard to fake. Around here the lesson repeats every fall, which is to show up, do the whole yard, and finish the edges.