October turns Pike County the color of hay and hickory, and the pecans start letting go all at once. KD Lawn & Care LLC works the shorter days — mowing while the grass still asks for it, raking and clearing leaves, holding the edges so a yard keeps its shape going into winter. Low sun comes sideways through the pine ridges and shows every pass a mower has made. There is real satisfaction in a lawn swept clean by suppertime, the beds tidy and the drive bare. When the first frost arrives, the place is ready to meet it.