October is Barrington's loudest color — maples along the old residential streets going red over the sidewalks, oaks holding out in bronze until nearly Thanksgiving. All of it lands on the grass. Sheetz Landscaping Inc. spends the season staying ahead of it: fall cleanups, leaves off the turf and out of the beds, the last mowings of the year taken down neat while the mornings frost and the afternoons stay warm. The rest of the year it is the steady work — mowing, trimming, clean lines along walk and curb, and the spring cleanup that opens a property back up. A raked, cut lawn under a half-bare maple is one of the better things you can do for a house.