The stone walls at Haley Farm run through the oaks north of Groton Long Point, laid by people who understood that a straight line takes patience. Discount landscaping carries some of that into the everyday work: mowing, trimming, edging, and hauling off the season's leaves and clippings. September is the honest test, when growth slows but the mess picks up and a yard needs tending rather than taming. Nothing dramatic — a level cut, defined borders, walkways swept, the whole property reading as cared for from the road. Groton has enough beauty in its ledge and its light, and a yard ought to meet it halfway.