There is a week in Paxton, usually late October, when leaves are still coming down and the first flakes try the air on the same afternoon. Shepherd Lawn Maintenance works both sides of that week. Through the green season it is mowing, trimming, edging, mulch, and cleanups that leave a lawn bare and swept. Through winter it is plowing driveways, shoveling walks and steps, and putting sand and salt on the pitches along Route 31 where the hill leans south toward Leicester. Same trucks, same doors, a rhythm that runs all the way around the year — so no yard is ever left to fend for itself in Paxton, Leicester, Spencer, Holden or Rutland.