Stone walls run through the Auburn woods like old handwriting, and the yards tucked in among them have been kept by hand for a very long time. New Dominion Landscaping picks that thread up in mud season, raking out the oak leaves that clung on all winter, cutting back what the frost broke, readying the ground before the first green push. Once the grass takes hold the schedule settles into mowing and trimming, with beds edged and weeded and mulch renewed where the sun has bleached it pale. In fall the leaves come down all at once under the big oaks, and the crew stays after them until the lawn is bare and clean again. Small town, straightforward work, and a finish anyone can see from the driveway.