The Stephenson County Fairgrounds go quiet after August, and by late October the dust of harvest hangs pink over the fields west of Freeport. Andrews Lawncare works both ends of that turn, mowing, trimming, edging and running fall cleanups while the leaves come down, then plowing snow, clearing walks and spreading ice control once the ground locks up. The change comes fast in northwestern Illinois; one week it is bagging leaves, the next it is watching a clipper drop down out of Canada. Clearing a drive before somebody has to leave for work is its own small victory, and it gets repeated all winter long. The lawn side and the snow side are really one job: keeping a place usable no matter what the sky is doing.