There is a week in Aurora, usually late in October, when the same truck stops hauling clippings and starts carrying salt. Better Landscaping and Snow Removal lives on both sides of that week: mowing, trimming, mulch and leaf work through the green months, then plowing, shoveled walks and de-icing once the Fox Valley locks up. Winter arrives here in shoves, a clipper and a thaw and a refreeze that turns yesterday's slush into glass. Keeping one property all year means knowing where its water runs, which corner drifts, and where the plow pile can sit so it does not melt back across the drive. That kind of memory is the difference between a cleared lot and a safe one.