Oaks and hickories crowd the older streets of Benton, and when October finally turns them the whole town goes copper for two weeks and then drops it all in a single night. Leaf season is its own kind of labor down here — off the turf before rain mats it flat, out from under the shrubs, swept clear of the walks. Cavins lawn & trees Llc carries a yard through the rest of the year too: mowing and trimming on a weekly turn, edging the drive and the sidewalk, and cleaning up the brush and limbs a Southern Illinois storm scatters. Franklin County weather does not ask permission, and neither does the growing season. What matters is that the ground is clear when the truck pulls away, and ready for whatever comes next.