October in DeKalb County arrives first as color and then as work — the big oaks let go all at once and a lawn vanishes under them inside a week. G.C Tree Service & Landscape stays ahead of it with fall cleanups, mowing right up until the grass quits, trimming and edging so the lines survive the leaf drop. The turf underneath still wants light and air; get the leaves off and it goes into winter healthy. Cold mornings, gloves on, the smell of cut leaves — that is the good part of autumn out here. Come spring the same yard wakes up ready to go.