Coal Creek runs through Lafayette under a line of cottonwoods, and in late October those trees let go all at once. Nature's Way Landscapes takes the season as it comes — leaf cleanups, final mowing, trimming and edging in fall, then plowing and shoveling once the storms start stacking over the plains. Working with the weather instead of against it is the whole trick here: cut while it is growing, gather when it drops, clear when it piles. Yards down in the creek bottom hold moisture and leaves longer than the rest of town, and they let you know it. Every property has its own way of being tended, if you are willing to learn it.