The big oaks in West Point do two things: shade a yard all summer, then hand it back six weeks of leaves. Twelve Oaks Lawn Service takes both halves — mowing and trimming under canopy where grass comes in thin and slow, edging the walks, then clearing when the drop begins and the drives start to fill. Cutting beneath old trees is careful business, close around surface roots and beds, never scalping the high spots. A shaded lawn kept even is harder to pull off than a sunny one, which is part of why it is worth doing. West Point and its close neighbors make up the territory.