Sidney runs along a long ridge between the Kennebec River and Messalonskee Lake, and by four o'clock on a June afternoon the whole town smells like cut hay. Ben's Land Maintenance keeps the lawns there — mowing on the schedule the grass sets, string trimming around fence posts and dooryard maples, edging where turf meets gravel. Farm country has its own standard: a field is judged by its lines, and a yard is no different. Spring cleanups pull the winter sand and oak leaves off the grass so the green comes back in even. By the last mow in October the lawns still hold their shape, right up to the frost.