October in Minden turns the hedgerows copper along the back roads toward Hallsville and Mindenville, and the maples let go of a whole year in about a week. Sitterly Landscaping LLC works that stretch of the calendar hard — leaves cleared off the turf, beds cut back and mulched, shrubs shaped before snow can press them out of line. The rest of the year is mowing and trimming on a rhythm, week after week, so no yard ever gets ahead of itself. There is a plain pleasure in standing out at the road afterward and seeing a place look looked-after. Dairy country keeps its own standards, and a tidy lawn belongs to them.