September on the Waukegan lakefront still feels like summer at noon and like fall by evening, and the lawns feel the split too. Guadarrama's Landscaping works that turn — cutting a little higher, trimming and edging, then starting the long haul of leaves as the maples begin letting go. Autumn yard work is honest work: rake, clear, mow, move on, and the street looks better with every house finished. The grass gets one more good stretch of growing before the cold, and it deserves a sharp blade for it. A yard put right in September carries well into the winter.