Late-afternoon October light in Wappingers Falls turns every stone wall and cedar hedgerow the color of a struck match. Red Cedar Landscapes, Inc. is usually out in it — mowing what's left of the season, cutting beds back, hauling leaves, then shifting over to plow work once the ground finally hardens. The year in this valley holds two full jobs, and the second one starts the week the first ends. Across both, the habits stay the same: clean lines, nothing left behind, the walkway swept or scraped depending on the month. Property looks after people when people look after property, and that trade holds in any weather.