Tinton Avenue in mid-October is a slow rain of yellow, and by Thanksgiving the same street stands bare and waiting. Caruso's Lawn Service & Landscaping follows that handoff every year: the last mows, the edging and trimming, cleanup after cleanup until the lawns are clear, and then the blade hung and ready. Winter here means driveways opened, walks and front steps shoveled, and salt laid where morning ice sets up in the shade of a house. It is a good feeling to close a property out clean in November and then be the first tire tracks on it in December. The work covers Tinton Falls and the towns just around it.