October along Middletown's older avenues is a slow gold ceremony — the big maples let go a little more each night, and by morning the lawns are hidden again. Hans Rudy Landscaping & Lawn Maintenance answers that with fall cleanups that take a yard back down to green, along with mowing, edging and trimming right through the last mild weeks. Spring runs the film backward: cleanup, mulch, the first cut of the year on grass that has been waiting since March. The reward is a hedge line squared and a border cut sharp — a yard that looks composed rather than merely tidy. Middletown has plenty of lawns worth that kind of finish.