The Ipswich River wanders through Middleton in slow, willow-shaded loops, and the lawns that run down toward it green up early and stay green late. A & B Russell Landscaping works those riverside properties in June, when the grass grows faster than anyone can quite keep up with. The mow comes on schedule so it never gets ahead, the trimmer finds every post and stone and shrub base, and the edge along the walk is cut sharp enough to make the whole yard sit up straight. Spring begins with the rake-out and haul-away; November ends with the leaves gone before the first freeze locks them in place. A river town lawn kept this way is a genuinely satisfying thing to drive past.