Behind Waterford's shoreline the land climbs into the Oswegatchie Hills, all ledge and oak and thin soil that asks something of a lawn. J-SCAPES Lawncare and Restoration works that ground, mowing and trimming through the season and overseeding the bare patches where shade and rock have won for a summer. September is the month for it, when the nights cool and seed takes hold and the grass fills in thick before the leaves start. Mulch goes down dark around the foundation beds, and the string trimmer finds the fence line the mower deck can never reach. By late October everything is raked clear and the yard heads into winter looking square.