Fall is when turf actually gets built in Mercer — cool nights, warm ground, and rain that finally means something after a dry August. S&S Turf Works LLC works that window with aeration and overseeding, feeding and weed control, so the following June is decided months before anyone sees it. Through the growing season the routine is mowing, trimming and edging, held to a schedule the grass can count on. Cleanups come at both ends of the year, spring debris off early and autumn leaves gone before the ground goes cold. Deep, even, unbroken green in the middle of summer is not luck; it is what October did.