Come October the roads around Ray fill with the smell of orchards and wood smoke, the maples let go all at once, and a lawn can disappear under leaves in a single windy afternoon. J & J Landscaping LLC keeps at it right through that turn — mowing while there is still growth, trimming and edging to hold the lines, clearing up so the grass goes into winter with room to breathe. The rest of the year it is the steady rotation: cut, trim, edge, clear the clippings, come back next week. Farm township lots do not tidy themselves down to a border; that comes from somebody caring where the edge lands. By the last mow of the season the yard is buttoned up and ready for whatever follows.