By the middle of October the afternoon light in Schaumburg goes low and gold, and the oaks along the older streets and out toward Volkening Heritage Farm begin letting go all at once. Viello Landscapes, LLC gives that season over to leaves — blowing, gathering, hauling, then returning a week later, because the trees are never finished with you when you would like them to be. The last mows of the year are the neatest ones: cut a little shorter, walk edges recut, beds mulched and settled for the cold ahead. There is something deeply satisfying about a yard closed out properly in November, nothing left on the grass, borders still clean, the whole property ready to sleep under the first white. Then the wheel turns and the mowing, trimming and feeding begin again.