By the third week of October the mowing list gets short and the leaf list gets long. Rasmussen an son lawncare finishes the Orland season with the last cut of the year — a little lower than usual, the way turf likes to go into the cold — then clears what the maples and oaks have dropped so nothing mats down over winter. Curbs get blown out, beds get cleared, borders get recut so the lines are still there in April. The yards end up bare and tidy and ready, which is exactly right for November. Spring is a long way off, and it starts here.