Watershops Pond turns steel-colored in late October, and that is the week the year changes hands in Springfield — the last mow, the first bag of salt riding in the truck. Ironrake lawncare and landscaping llc keeps both halves of it: mowing, trimming, mulch and cleanups from the thaw to the leaf drop, then plowing, shoveling and ice control once the wind starts coming down the valley. Same yards, same driveways, a different tool in hand. There is a pleasure in knowing a property well enough to remember where the drain sits, which slope glazes, which bed edge wants a hard line. Minding a place all twelve months makes both jobs easier and the finish cleaner.