October along the river path south of Algonquin is a slow gold avalanche — cottonwood and maple letting go a little more each day until the lawns underneath disappear. Marco and Son Landscaping Services LLC works that whole descent: mowing while there is still grass to cut, hauling leaves off before they mat down, edging and clearing beds so the yard goes into the cold looking squared away. Then the trucks change over, and the same driveways get plowed, the same walks get shoveled, salt goes down on the north-facing slopes that never thaw. One season hands off to the next without much of a gap around here. Both halves of the year are covered for properties in Algonquin and the river towns nearby.