October in Hudson is a housekeeping month — the cottonwood and elm let go all at once, and the wind files everything neatly against the nearest fence. Gray Brothers Trash Services spends it on lawns: final mows, edging, trimming, leaf and debris cleanup, bed clearing, and the fertilizing and aeration that send turf into dormancy with something in the tank. There is real order in a yard stripped down for winter, the borders sharp and the corners empty. Come the first hard freeze, nothing is left lying out there to mat down and smother the grass. That is the whole idea — spend a few good afternoons in fall and buy yourself an easier spring.