The bur oaks around Elgin hold their leaves late, which means the last cleanup always lands after everyone has decided the season is over. Delapaz Lawn Care and Tree Service works right through that stretch — mowing down to the final cut, hauling leaves, and taking the saw to limbs that a wet snow would otherwise lay across a driveway. When the storm does come, the same trucks return with plows on the front. There's a straight line between the branch trimmed in November and the drive that opens clean in January, and this crew works both ends of it. Lawn care, tree work and snow removal in Elgin, Carpentersville, South Elgin and Streamwood.