Around the third week of September the aspens above Angel Fire turn gold in wide vertical stripes, and the cabins under them begin filling with needles and leaves. Land and Home Services LLC takes the last cuts of the year on those ridge lots, trims the rough line where lawn meets forest floor, and clears the duff off grass, walks and steps. Mountain properties sit right up against the trees, which is the charm of them and also the entire maintenance story. The work moves in a sensible order, cut then trim then rake then load, and it ends with the ground visible again. A place left tidy in the fall is a far easier place to come back to.