The Outdoor Helper

About The Outdoor Helper

By mid-October the Moosup River runs under a ceiling of red maple, and the yards along the village streets fill overnight with everything the wind shakes loose. The Outdoor Helper works out of Moosup and covers a wide circle around it — raking leaves, clearing yards down to bare grass, running the gutters clean before the first hard rain fills them. Other weeks it is mowing and grass cutting, mulching and edging, weed control, tree trimming, and setting new plantings into the ground while the soil is still warm. Come winter the same paths and walkways get shoveled, so a door opens onto pavement instead of a drift. There is real satisfaction in it: a yard emptied of leaves, a bed edged sharp, a walk cleared before anyone else is up. Homes and businesses within forty miles of Moosup are all fair ground.