Leicester Common sits high — high enough that wind coming over Route 9 arrives there first, and the grass on the hill greens up a week behind the valley. N. Pope Landscaping works that late, hilltop spring: raking winter out of the turf, seeding the bare shoulders, getting the first cut down once the ground firms underfoot. Through summer it is mowing on a schedule, hedges kept tight, mulch turned so the beds hold their color. Yards in this town run to slope and ledge, so each property gets learned and then cut the way it wants to be cut. Fall means cleanups one address after another, until the lawns lie clear and bare for the cold.