In July the fields around Fort Fairfield go white with potato blossoms, and the light hangs on past nine so the working day stretches out along the Aroostook River. Brothers Lawncare uses that long northern daylight on lawns in town and out the county roads — mowing, trimming, edging, and cleanups at both ends of the season. The growing window up here is short and generous at once: everything happens quickly, then it is over. Cutting a yard while the sun is still high over Aroostook County is honest work with a result you can see from the driveway. By the time the fields are dug in September, the lawns have had their whole year.