October in southwest Denver has a particular blue to it — the foothills going violet by five o'clock, the cottonwoods along Bear Creek letting go all at once. Evergreen Landscaping Services spends that season on cleanups through Harvey Park and Bear Valley: leaves off the lawn and out of the beds, the last mow of the year cut low, edges tightened before the ground goes hard. The rest of the year is the steady part — mowing, trimming, aeration, fertilization, and the weeding nobody notices unless it stops. A lawn put to bed properly in autumn comes back faster in April. That is the long game, and it is worth playing.