Schunnemunk carries the color first — by the second week of October the ridge is rust and gold, and the leaves begin finding their way onto New Windsor lawns whether anyone is ready for them or not. Iron Green Landscaping meets that stretch head-on: leaves off the turf before the rain mats them flat, beds and fence lines cleared, the final mowing of the year taken a little lower so the grass goes into the cold clean. Earlier in the year the same properties get the weekly rounds, the trimming, and a crisp border cut along every walk. Grass in this valley grows hard through May and June and then asks for a lighter hand once the heat sets in, and honoring that is what keeps a lawn from going thin by August. A yard put to bed properly in November is a yard that greens up early.