October along the St. Joseph River comes with a hard wind off the lake and more leaves than any yard knows what to do with. Thompson's Landscaping meets that head-on with cleanups: leaves cleared and hauled, beds cut back, a final mow that squares a property away before the cold. Through the warm months it is a weekly rhythm instead, mowing, trimming, edging, walkways swept behind the crew. Yards down on the flats and up on the bluff each have their own footing, and both get worked accordingly. There is something worth doing in handing a place back to its owner looking settled.