On a June morning the mist lifts off Forest Lake and the west side of Methuen smells like cut grass by seven. DNR LANDSCAPING keeps that schedule — mowers off the trailer early, before the heat settles and the deck starts tearing instead of cutting. The work is ordinary and exacting: even height across an uneven yard, trimmed lines around fence posts and maple roots, edges cut along the driveway so the lawn stops exactly where it should. Spring means raking out whatever winter left behind; autumn means chasing oak leaves down to bare turf while the light goes gold and short. A good lawn in this city is quiet work, and it shows every single week.