North Stamford is built on ledge. Stone walls still run through the woods off Wire Mill Road from the time this was farmland, and the boulders the glaciers dropped sit exactly where they were left. Leeds Land Services tends lawns in that upland country, where soil lies shallow over rock, the shade is old, and grass has to be coaxed rather than commanded. The work is mowing, edging, fertilization, aeration and overseeding, with cleanups when the woods let go in autumn — steady attention on ground that doesn't forgive shortcuts. The pleasure is in the contrast: rough gray stone, dark hemlock, and between them a stretch of lawn kept even enough to read the mower lines across it.