The morning begins the way it always does — deck set to height, throttle opened, a hand run along the blade before a single pass is cut. NH Groundscapes, LLC keeps lawns in Epsom, where the ground tips and rolls between the Suncook River and the granite shoulders of Fort and McCoy, and where sandy glacial soil and old stone walls decide what a mower can and cannot do. The work is lawn care: mowing, trimming, the steady upkeep that turns a yard into something a driver slows down for on the way past. By the time the trailer ramp goes up, the stripes lie straight, the edges break clean along the walk, and the clippings are carried off. It is a plain kind of pride, measured in one line held true all the way to the treeline.