On October mornings the fog lies on the West Branch Reservoir until the sun climbs the hills, and Carmel's maples let go of everything they have. Perrones Home Maintenance handles the lawn care through that stretch — mowing while the grass still grows, pulling leaves off the turf, cutting the borders back clean before the ground hardens. Earlier in the year it is the ordinary rhythm: weekly cuts, trimmed fence lines, edges held straight along the walk. Yards in this part of Putnam County are half woods, so autumn is less a chore than a long, satisfying negotiation with the trees. A lawn put to bed properly in November is a gift to itself come April.