September settles easy on Sluice Pond, cool mornings, flat water, the maples on the far bank just starting to give up their color. Marenco's Landscaping is out in that hour with the mowers, taking the growth off lawns that came back strong after August rain and running the trimmer along beds and foundations. Then the leaves start and the season changes shape entirely: rakes, tarps, blowers, corners cleared so the grass can breathe until spring. A yard put away properly in October comes back better in April. That is the arithmetic of lawn care, and it is good work in a good month.