November strips the color out of Southampton and hands the place back to the people who live here — bare lanes, low sun, the ocean audible from farther inland than you would expect. Sterling Tree & Lawn Service is finishing the year's lawns then: the final cut, the leaves pulled off the turf, the edges tidied before the ground goes hard. It is the least-watched work of the calendar and it matters most, because what happens in November decides what comes up in April. Closing a property down clean, knowing it will hold through the cold, is its own reward. Lawn care in Southampton, North Sea, Noyac and Water Mill.