Hampden turns orange from the top down in October, the ridges going first and the hollows following a week behind. Ed's Tree Services.. works the ground beneath all of that — leaf cleanups, final mows, beds cut back, lawns cleared before snow packs anything into place. Through summer it is the weekly cut, the trimming and edging, and the mulch that keeps a border looking intended. There is real satisfaction in a raked lawn at dusk on a cold afternoon, the whole yard reset to zero. Then it is spring's turn again.