October Mountain stands over Lee like a long green wall, and the yards below it sit in its shadow half the morning. Burdick Tree and Property Services works those lawns on the forest's edge — mowing, trimming, edging, and hauling off whatever the season drops. There is a particular satisfaction in the last pass of the mower, when the grass lies down in even rows and the whole yard suddenly looks intentional. Cleanups in spring and again in autumn keep the woods from creeping back across the line. It is lawn care shaped by a town that lives right up against the treeline.