Sugar season comes first in Ellington: lines strung through the maple lots, wood smoke on the cold air, mud where the road shoulders thaw. McKinney Landscaping Services LLC starts not long after, once the frost lets go and the yards need everything raked out of them at once. Mowing on a set rotation, trimming, edging, overseeding, mulching and the full fall cleanup carry these properties from there to the first snow. This is high, cool country and the grass stays green late, so a lawn here can look good deep into November if it is kept up. Watching a yard come back thick after a rough winter is reason enough to keep pulling in the driveway.