By late September the crape myrtles around Manassas have gone rust and gold, the nights turn cool enough to leave mist standing on the mown ground at dawn, and the grass finally slows down enough to be reasoned with. Union Landscaping llc uses that window well — steady mowing while the growth lasts, edges tightened up, leaves and debris pulled out of the beds and off the lawn. Autumn work is quieter than midsummer but it decides a great deal about how a yard looks come spring. Walking off a property in the low afternoon light with the walks blown clean is a good way to end a day. Manassas and the towns around it fill out the season.