Tuftonboro runs along the northeast shore of Winnipesaukee, from Melvin Village down past Nineteen Mile Bay, with the Ossipee range standing up behind it. Summit Lawn Care LLC mows and trims those shoreline and hillside lawns all summer, then returns in December for the plowing, shoveling and ice control that keeps the same driveways usable. Lake-country grass grows thick in the humidity off the water and wants an even cut and a defined border to look right. Fall cleanup is the big one here — oak, birch and pine needles cleared before the lake wind stacks them against the house. Then the water goes still and gray, and the work becomes opening a path to the door before first light.