Kinderkamack Road runs the length of the Pascack Valley, and in October it runs gold — maples letting go over the storefronts, the side streets filling with drift. E R Landscaping Inc spends those weeks on leaves: raking, blowing, hauling, the last cuts of the year, beds cleared and edged before the ground hardens. The rest of the calendar is steady work — mowing, string trimming, hedge shaping, mulch, and overseeding once September takes the heat out of the afternoons. Park Ridge yards are small enough to reward detail and plentiful enough to keep a crew honest about time. A property put to bed properly in November is easier to wake in April, and that trade holds every year.