Old Bennington in autumn is a slow drive — big maples arching over Monument Avenue, the white spire of the church standing against a hillside going gold, and leaves coming down faster than the wind can move them. Restino's Lawn and Tree Care spends that season raking, clearing and cutting the lawns down for the cold, then works the green months with steady mowing and trimming. The properties here carry old lawns, mature shade and grass that grows thin under the canopy, so the work is as much about reading the ground as running the machine. Rake out a lawn properly in November and it comes back the better for it in May. A yard cleared bare, the beds cut back, the whole place breathing again — that's the finish worth the day.