French Stream runs low and brown through Rockland in May, and the yards along it green up more or less all at once. AM Lawncare & Design starts there — spring cleanup first, then the weekly mow, trimming around fence lines and maple trunks, and a cut edge along every walk and drive. Rockland sets its houses close together, which means the difference between a kept lawn and an unkept one is visible from four doors down. That is a fine sort of pressure to work under. By June the stripes run even and the borders are sharp, and the whole street looks better for it.