Late afternoon in Magoun Square, the light comes in sideways between triple-deckers and lands on those long, narrow side yards where the grass grows in strips. Elmer's lawn maintenance inc mows and trims those strips, keeps the edges sharp along fences and foundations, shapes the hedges, and clears the yard out top to bottom each spring and fall. Winter flips the work over — plowing, shoveling out driveways and back stairs, and salting the shaded strips that stay glazed for days. Somerville leaves no room for shortcuts, so the machines get small and the hand work gets careful. What the neighbors notice is a yard that looks finished, and a path they can walk in boots or slippers.