Aroostook summer is short and generous: the potato fields go dark green almost overnight, the river runs low and bright, and every lawn in Caribou grows like it knows the clock. Carter's Property Maintenance, LLC mows and trims through that stretch, edging walkways and clearing out the debris of spring and autumn while the light lasts. Then the County settles into the season it is known for, and the work turns to plowing driveways and yards, shoveling steps, sanding the packed ruts a north wind polishes smooth. Snow measured in feet rather than inches asks for banks pushed back early and kept back. Come April the pavement comes out from under all of it, and the mowers start again.