September on Seed Lake empties out a little — the summer crowd thins, the water cools, and the yards begin their long amber slide toward fall. Lakeside Services llc keeps up with that turn around Clayton, mowing while the grass still runs, trimming and edging, and moving into seasonal cleanups as the poplars start letting go. The shoulder season is the good season for this work: cool air, low light, no hurry in it. A yard tended right through the fall comes out of winter ready instead of ragged. That's the plan every year, and it holds.