The Farmington River picks up speed where it drops through the gorge at Tariffville, and on a July morning you can hear it from the road before you see it. Lawn work starts early at that end of Simsbury, while the grass is still cool and the mower cuts clean instead of tearing. The list is straightforward: mowing, string trimming, edging, mulch and bed maintenance, shrub trimming, spring and fall cleanups, and leaf removal. Yards here climb, terrace and turn on the slopes above the river, so a good cut is partly a matter of knowing which way to run the machine. By the time the sun clears the hill, the first properties are finished and the truck is a street over.