October out by Lakewood Forest Preserve turns the oaks a deep rust, and for six weeks every Wauconda lawn slowly disappears underneath them. J. Duran's Landscaping Co. keeps pace with it — cleanups, the last mows, edges cut back so a yard heads into the cold looking deliberate. Earlier in the year it is the weekly habit of mowing and trimming, grass held at an even height while the summer runs long. Fall in Lake County is generous and messy at the same time. A raked, mown yard under bare oaks is its own kind of tidy.