In October the geese come down over the bay by the thousand, and the light around Smithville goes low and long by four in the afternoon. ERNST LAWN CARE is still out in it, taking the last cuts of the year and turning toward cleanup — leaves off the beds, corners cleared, borders made honest again before the ground hardens. There is something settling about closing a property out for the season, everything squared and ready to sit through the cold. Come spring the same yards get opened back up, mown, trimmed and edged, and the rounds begin over. Serving Smithville and the neighboring Atlantic County communities.