October turns the back roads of Hartland Township into a tunnel of sugar maple, and one good wind off Long Lake brings half of it down onto the lawns in a week. Chase Lawn Care & Landscape LLC works that gold rush all fall — mowing, cleanups, leaves lifted off the turf and the beds — until the yards are bare and ready to freeze. Then the work turns over: blades down, drives and lots opened, salt laid on the ice that forms overnight wherever the shade holds. Spring brings it back around to the first cut of the year and the first crisp edge along the walk. This township has four honest moods, and there is real satisfaction in having an answer for each one.