October turns all at once along the Sudbury Reservoir, and inside of a week the yards off Route 30 are ankle-deep in oak and maple. J & J & Son Lawncare handles the whole arc of that year — mowing and trimming through the green months, then leaf removal and fall cleanups until the lawns are bare and ready. When the cold takes over, the same trucks come back with plows and spreaders, opening driveways and lots and salting the walks people cross before sunrise. Storms reach MetroWest heavy and wet, the sort that has to be pushed early rather than waited out. Knowing a property in July makes it easier to plow in January: where the culvert sits, where the lawn edge hides under a foot of white.