October in the Jefferson County foothills is a short, brilliant business: the cottonwoods go yellow, one afternoon of wind takes them down, and suddenly every lawn in Fairmount is under an inch of leaves. Sign Gypsies Foothills handles that turn — final mowings, edges trimmed back, leaves and yard debris gathered and hauled so the grass goes into the cold looking after itself. The warmer months are a steadier rhythm of cutting and cleanup, keeping turf even beneath the hard, bright light that pours off the hogback. A yard kept up all season shows it most in autumn, when everything around it is going bare. That's work worth doing well, here and in the towns just below the foothills.