Take the back roads out of Windsor toward Hartland in October and the hills go orange over old orchard rows and pasture walls, with leaves already ankle-deep in every dooryard. Upper Valley Yard Heroes meets that season head-on: leaf removal and fall cleanups, plus mowing, trimming and edging through the long green stretch that leads up to it. Clearing a yard buried in maple leaves is honest labor, and the moment it is finished — grass visible again, beds raked out, the driveway swept — is worth the sweat that got you there. Spring asks for the same treatment in reverse, with winter sand and broken branches hauled off before the first cut. Yards in the Upper Valley get their year opened and closed properly.