September in the Lenox hamlets — Clockville, the crossroads farms, buses back on the road — is when lawns quietly do their strongest growing of the year. Smj landscaping and construction is out through all of it: mowing and trimming, edging along walks and beds, mulch where it has thinned, and the full cleanup once the maples commit. Cool nights and warm afternoons make grass that cuts like it wants to be cut. Leaving behind yards that look better in October than they did in June is a fine way to close out a season.