Morning comes to Oxford along the French River, a low seam of mist over the water before the day opens up. That is the hour this lawn care crew likes best — grass still cool, the mower's first pass laying a clean line across a Worcester County yard. Mowing, string trimming, edging, mulch in the beds, and cleanups at both ends of the growing season: ordinary work until you stand back and see the whole lawn squared away. A crisp edge along a front walk is a small thing that changes how a house greets the road. Oxford is home base, with Auburn, Charlton, Dudley, Webster and Sutton on the route.