In May the mist lifts off Long Pond and hangs in the low ground until the sun clears Rutland's ridges. 4Life Lawncare starts its year in that light — the first cut of the season, winter's litter raked out, edges brought back along the walk and the drive. Through summer it is a weekly turn: mow, trim, blow clean, gone. Rutland sits high and cool enough that grass keeps growing after the valley towns have given up, so the route runs late into fall and finishes with a cleanup that leaves the yard bare and neat. Good lawns up here are made of patience, one week at a time.