October along Old 41 turns the sweetgums the color of struck matches, and every one of those leaves is bound for somebody's fescue. Armsteads Lawn Care & Landscaping handles the turn: mowing while the grass still grows, edging and trimming to keep the lines true, then the raking, blowing and hauling that clear a yard before the cold gets to it. Beds get cut back and tidied, and the ground underneath finally sees daylight again. It is plain, visible work — a lawn that looked buried at nine looks swept and open by noon. Acworth never gets much winter, but it gets enough that a cleared, cut-back yard is the difference between a lawn resting and a lawn smothering.