November is Milledgeville's gold month — pecan and hickory letting go all at once, drifts of it banked against porch steps and fence corners. Golden Leaf Lawn Care and Landscaping spends it clearing: leaves off the turf before they mat and smother it, final cuts as growth winds down, edges cleaned up, beds put in order for the cold. Raked out, a dormant lawn has a beauty of its own, quiet and brown and orderly, waiting for March to say go. The rest of the year it is mowing, edging and trimming on a steady schedule. Both halves matter, and this crew likes them equally.