August in Ludlow smells like cut grass and hot asphalt, and the farm fields on the town's north side stand shoulder-high and perfectly still. RAM Services keeps the smaller greens in order that month — mowing on a steady week, trimming around posts and fences, edging drives and walks, and cleanups when the season finally turns. It is unglamorous work, and it is the whole difference between a property that looks lived in and one that looks let go. There's real pleasure in the moment a yard goes from shaggy to squared away in under an hour. Then you load up, and the next one is three streets over.