By the middle of October the ridge above Chocorua Lake goes to hammered copper, and every dooryard in Tamworth fills overnight with leaves that were still on the branch at supper. Letarte Property Maintenance works those short weeks the way the valley asks — mowers running late into the warm afternoons, cleanups raking the lawns back to a clean, breathing green before the ground stiffens for good. Then the wind swings around and the same driveways get measured in inches instead of blades: plow lights out in the dark along the Bearcamp, sand thrown where the grade turns slick, a path opened to the door. What a family sees at daybreak is bare pavement and a yard that has been looked after, which is the whole point of the trade. It is lawn care and snow removal for Tamworth and the towns that share its hills.