Late in the day the light comes low across Blackwood Lake and lays long shadows from the old oaks over the lawns on the streets above. Franco's Tree Service works those yards — mowing, string trimming and edging, with the close attention a lot full of mature trees and root-flared turf demands. Shade grass is its own puzzle: thinner, slower, easy to scalp, and better for being cut a little high. Cleanups in spring and fall clear the beds and lift the leaf drift off the lawn before it turns to mat. The result is a shaded yard that still reads green and cared for, right up to the edge of the walk.