The first frost of the year arrives quietly in Newton County — a white skin on the grass at seven, gone by nine, the woods east toward Mansfield suddenly a shade browner. Hunt Lawn Care & Landscaping reads that morning as a turning point and works to it: final mows, leaf cleanup, beds cleared, shrubs shaped before dormancy sets in. Through the growing months it is the weekly rhythm instead — cutting, edging, string trimming, mulching beds and blowing the drives clean. Covington yards give a great deal back when they are kept ahead of, and autumn is when that shows most plainly. There is a plain pleasure in a property that looks ready for the cold.