In September the aspen on Escudilla turn a gold you can see from the valley floor, and every yard in Springerville begins asking for a different kind of attention. Elk Ridge Community Health - Springerville carries lawns through that turn — the last close mows of the season, leaves and needles raked out of the corners, beds cleared before the first hard freeze comes down off the White Mountains. There is real satisfaction in a fall cleanup done all the way: swept walks, a lawn cut short and even, nothing left to mat down under snow. Weed control and feeding happen earlier, while the ground still wants them, so the turf goes into winter with something in reserve. Come the thaw the yard returns quick and green, which is what the fall work was for.