A new lawn on the Mount Airy Road side starts as bare ground and nerve — seed down, straw over it, and a month of watching to see whether the hillside takes. R. Maddaluna Construction Group tends Bernardsville turf through that stage and long after, overseeding the thin spots, mowing high while the roots are young, cutting the first true borders along the walk and drive. By the second summer nobody can tell where the raw ground ended. After that it's the ordinary rhythm: weekly cuts, trimmed margins, cleanups at both ends of the year. There is real satisfaction in watching bare dirt become something a family crosses barefoot.