Long Beach runs right up to the Rockport line, and the yards on Brier Neck above it take sun, wind and blown sand in roughly equal measure. Rockport Landscape LLC keeps them cut — mowing at the height the exposure calls for, trimming, clean bed and walkway edges, mulch, and hedges shaped so they don't sail in a gale. The spring cleanup clears what winter left behind; the autumn one takes the leaves off in good time. Seed and fertilizer go where sand and salt air have thinned things out. Grass this close to the ocean has to be coaxed, and coaxing it is the pleasure.