October north of Nebraska City smells like apples and cut grass at the same time, the orchard rows running gold above the road while the lawns below take their last few cuts of the year. Grimm's Gardens keeps to lawn care through that stretch: mowing while the growth still comes, trimming the edges tight, then hauling off the leaves that fall faster than anyone can keep up with. A yard mown low and cleared before the first hard freeze wakes up better in spring, and that is the whole argument for doing it right in November. Through the growing season the same steady mowing and edging keeps a place looking cared for from the mailbox in. Autumn light in this valley is generous; a clean lawn under it is worth the afternoon.