Late September out past Chester, the fields go pale and dusty, the afternoons finally ease off, and the grass slows down enough to hold a cut for two weeks instead of one. C & R Landscaping runs the whole calendar around this town — mowing, edging, trimming, cleanup, bed maintenance, mulch, shrub trimming and the seasonal work at either end of the year. The yards here are wide and the tree lines are long, so much of the craft is in clean transitions: where lawn meets field, where drive meets bed, where mown gives way to wild. Winter is short and mild in Dodge County, which turns the cold weeks into pruning and cutback weeks. Then February warms and the whole rotation begins again.