October at the ferry slip, boats coming out of the water, the marina winding itself down for the year — Perth Amboy always finishes its season with its back to the bay. Valdes Landscaping carries the lawns through that same tapering: mowings that stretch further apart as the grass slows, leaf cleanup as the trees let go, a last cut taken low for winter. There is an honesty to fall work, because nothing hides. Every corner skipped in July shows up plainly once the beds are bare. The yards that come out of autumn clean are the ones that come up easy in March.