Every field around Oneida gave up its stones once — that is why the old walls still run through the hedgerows like seams. Blocks and Rocks works the softer surface above them: mowing and trimming, edging beds, spreading mulch, and clearing lawns down through the last leaf-drop. October is the honest month for that work, when a yard has to be put to bed properly so spring isn't a rescue mission. A raked lawn under low autumn light is a small, finished thing, and finishing is the point.