October in Cortland is the long goodbye — a last mow with the grass barely growing, leaves collecting in the lee of every fence, the light gone amber by four o'clock. Tinajero Lawn Care & Maintenance Inc. works both ends of that turn: mowing, trimming and edging all summer, raking and hauling the fall cleanup, then rolling straight into plowing, shoveling and salting once the first real storm crosses the county line. Grass here is asked to survive August heat and January wind inside the same twelve months, and it manages, with help. Every property keeps its own habits, and learning them is most of the craft. Cortland, Sycamore, DeKalb and Maple Park make up the regular rounds.