By late October the maples along the Ridgeway blocks let go all at once, and a lawn can disappear beneath them in a single windy afternoon. GM Tree & Landscaping Services keeps ahead of it — leaf cleanup that gets the turf breathing again, plus the mowing, edging and trimming that carry a yard from April to the last cut of the year. Beds get mulched, thin turf gets seed and feed, and the spring clearing takes away whatever winter dropped. Grass mown a day before the leaves fall is a losing proposition; grass mown and then cleared comes back thick in May. Timing is most of the craft here, and it shows in the color.