October in northwest Georgia turns the ridges above Shannon the color of struck copper, then sends every leaf of it down into the yards below. Roman Earth Lawn Services LLC works that season out — mowing while the Bermuda still asks for it, then leaf cleanup, bed edges recut, borders cleared before the rain sets in. Between the Armuchee hills and the Oostanaula bottoms no two lots drain alike, and every one of them teaches you where the water wants to go. The reward is a lawn that goes into winter tidy and comes out of it early. Nothing showy in the work — only a yard that carries itself well through the short days.