Down in the Northampton meadows the Connecticut River has left centuries of silt behind, and anything green there grows with an appetite. Cdl Landscaping cuts on that schedule — a lawn near the Oxbow can put on a week of height in four days, so the mowing is steady and the trimming keeps pace with it. Out past Arcadia the light comes in long and low across the flats, and a freshly cut yard with a clean edge against the drive looks, for a moment, like part of the field system that surrounds it. Spring means clearing off what the winter dropped and the river wind carried in; fall means staying ahead of the cottonwoods and maples until the ground is bare and tidy. The reward is unglamorous and complete: a lawn that looks kept, week after week, without the homeowner ever having to ask.