October comes down the Virgil Creek valley in about a week — the maples in the hedgerows go copper, and then the whole yard is under leaves. Dryden Lawncare LLC handles that turn: leaf removal, fall cleanup, the last cuts of the year, and the spring cleanup that answers it once the ground firms up. In between there is the plain weekly business of mowing, trimming and edging, done on time so nobody has to think about it. A cleared lawn in late fall has a particular look to it — bare, combed, ready — and getting a property there before the first hard frost is the whole point of the month. Dryden yards run to slopes and old tree lines, and they reward someone who has learned where the leaves pile.