Out on Gardner's Neck the lanes end in salt marsh, and on a July morning the tide and the mowers get moving at about the same hour. Mikes Lawn Service runs Swansea on that clock — mowing, edging along drives and walks, string trimming at fence lines, and clearing the cut so nothing tracks indoors. Bay air keeps the grass growing later down here than it has any right to, well past the point where the inland towns have quit for the year. Spring and fall cleanups frame the season, with leaves and winter debris hauled clear. Swansea and the surrounding towns keep the same standing appointment.