Late October, wind coming off the ridge, and Floral Avenue trades its canopy for a foot of loose leaves in one gusty afternoon. Pristine Outdoor Cares Co. handles those weeks in New Providence — the late cuts, the raking and hauling, the yard brought back to something you can see the shape of. Leaves arrive in rounds here, so cleanup is less an event than a series of returns. Everything gets cleared off the walks and the drive as well, so nothing turns slick in the first cold rain. A yard put to bed properly in November is the reason the spring one looks easy.