By late October the oaks on the ridge north of Springfield have gone rust and copper, and every lawn in town is wearing whatever the wind brought it. Kaiser's Lawn Care works the season out to its end, mowing, trimming, edging and hauling off the leaves until the turf can breathe again before frost. A fall cleanup done right is the difference between a lawn that sulks under a wet mat all winter and one that wakes up in April ready to go. Central Illinois gives you a short window between the last warm week and the first hard freeze, and it pays to use every day of it. Few sights beat a yard raked bare and cut low with the light going gold across it.