Up on the higher ground the soil drains fast, and lawns there brown out in a dry July long before the flats along the river do. Pleasant Hill Property Services, LLC accounts for that on Lewiston properties — mowing at a height that shades the roots, trimming, edging, and cleanups in spring and fall. At midday the work shifts to the shady side of the house and the deck goes up a notch. There is real pride in a lawn still green in August because somebody thought about it back in June. When the leaves come down, those same yards get raked out and closed up clean.