September around Crooked Lake and Burt Lake is the quietest, finest stretch of the year — the water goes glassy, the crowds thin out, and the hardwoods on the ridges begin to turn. Scott Fettig Landscaping is out through all of it, mowing cottage lawns and year-round yards, trimming close along stone and steps, edging the drives that wind back into the trees. Northern grass grows in a hurry once the ground warms in May, then eases off as the nights cool. The last cut of the season is a good one to make: short, even, ready for whatever comes in off Little Traverse Bay. Leaf and yard cleanup rounds the year out.