The yards backing onto the Fox River Trail run down toward the water in a long green slope, and by mid-October they are ankle-deep in maple and oak. VMN Lawn Service - Landscape clears them out, leaves off the turf, off the beds, off the walk, so the grass gets the last of the light before it goes dormant. Through the summer those same lawns take their weekly cut, the trim line along the fence, the edge along the drive. Fall work is the least glamorous part and the most obvious once it is finished. A bare, brushed-out lawn in November is a lawn that is ready.