October frost reaches the open fields toward Sabattus Pond well before it ever finds downtown, and it is the first notice that the trucks need changing over. G & G Landscape & Development Inc. covers both sides of that line for Lewiston — mowing, trimming, edging and cleanups while things grow, then plowing, shoveling and salting once the ground locks up. The newer streets out that way sit open to the wind, and snow crosses them in long drifts that want a blade early and often. A driveway cleared before the first cup of coffee is a small thing that never feels like one. Same properties, same care, two very different machines.