October arrives in Tyler Mill before it reaches the rest of Wallingford, the ridge maples letting go while the yards below are still holding green. D Wooding Landscaping LLC works the season on both sides of that line: mowing while the grass still asks for it, then clearing when the lawns vanish under red and gold. There is a particular satisfaction in the last pass of the year — turf trimmed low and even, edges cut back, the beds raked out to bare mulch. Come spring the same yards get opened up again, winter debris hauled off, the first cut laid down in stripes. It is steady, local, seasonal work, and the reward is a Wallingford property that looks looked-after in any month of the calendar.