North of the village the Flat River slides under the Fallasburg covered bridge, and the river's damp works its way into every lawn along those roads. A.L. Clip & Chip mows, trims and edges through that valley, matching the cut to whatever the season has been doing to the grass. Spring here comes up fast and green; by July the work is about holding a yard even and honest through the heat. October means leaves — armloads of maple and oak off the bottomland — carried away so the turf goes into winter breathing. The reward is small and exact: a lawn with a defined border and nothing left behind but stripes.