Come late October the hardwoods on the flanks of Pigeon Mountain turn all at once, and the whole valley around Menlo goes gold and rust. Marlowe Landscaping Inc. spends that stretch raking, hauling and cutting back, then laying mulch so the beds look deliberate against the fallen color. Mowing continues while the grass allows, tapering as the nights cool along the hayfields. Shrubs are shaped, borders redefined, and the leaf load moved off the lawn before it mats down. It is the season that decides how a northwest Georgia property will look come spring.