Hardwick sits up on its hills with the Quabbin's woods and water spread along its eastern edge, and the air up here stays cool an hour longer each morning than it does down in the valley towns. Lakeside Outdoor Services uses that hour, getting the first lawns cut while the dew is still on and the hill roads are empty. Mowing, trimming, edging, mulch in the beds and cleanups in spring and fall keep properties trim in a town where the woods are always trying to take a little back. On a hilltop lot the line where mown grass ends and field begins is the whole picture, and it is worth cutting straight. Hardwick, its villages and the towns nearby.