The first November rain comes over Glen Annie Canyon and the whole valley changes color in about a week — brown hills to a green that surprises people every single year. Canyon Creek landscape works with that turn: mowing as the grass wakes up, edging beds back into their lines, hauling off the leaf fall the storms shake loose. Winter is the growing season here, so the routes keep running while much of the country goes quiet. Shrub trimming and general yard maintenance fill out the round. Green up top, tidy at the edges — that is what a Goleta yard should look like in December.