August can go dry in the Monadnock hills — three weeks without rain and lawns around Peterborough fade to the color of hay while the pines hold their green. Sprinkler Champion works through that stretch, mowing high, trimming close, and keeping the edges sharp along walks and drives when the grass would rather quit. Cleanups do the heavier lifting at either end of the year, clearing out what winter and the maples leave behind. Then the September rains return and everything greens up overnight, which is the most satisfying week of the whole year to be out with a mower. Peterborough lawns are worth the trouble; they sit under a hill people drive a long way to look at.