Late September turns the maples above the Winooski rotary into more than the sidewalks can keep up with. Prop Ready takes lawns through that stretch and both seasons on either side of it — steady mowing all summer, trimming and edging, spring cleanups once the road sand comes off the grass, fall cleanups that run until the leaves finally quit. Porches face the street in this city and lots sit shoulder to shoulder, so a yard that has been kept announces itself well before anyone opens a door. The tight lots and shared side yards of the older downtown blocks are ordinary ground here. By the time the frost sets, everything is bare, squared away and ready to sleep.