Branch Mills sits where the west branch of the Sheepscot runs under the road, an old mill corner of Palermo that October turns entirely gold. Crouse property maintenance LLC keeps the places around it orderly — mowing and trimming straight through the season, edging where lawn meets gravel and stone, and fall cleanups that clear the dooryards and culverts before the ground hardens. The soil out this way is thin over ledge, so a lawn earns its green and deserves to be handled with some care. A yard raked bare in November, leaves gone and the mow lines still showing, is a good thing to look at heading into winter. The territory takes in Palermo, China, Montville, Liberty, Windsor and Freedom.