By late July the cottonwoods over the river bottom go silver in the wind and the heat sits on Lockport like a hand. Goldsmith Lawnz & Landscaping works straight through the hot stretch — mowing at a height that lets the turf hold its water, trimming and edging, and clearing the litter a dry-then-stormy summer keeps producing. August grass is a negotiation, and the answer is usually a sharper blade and a little more patience. When a lawn comes back green in September after a summer of careful cutting, that is the payoff. The straight line where turf meets the walk does not hurt either.