By late June the sandy loam around Irving Avenue drinks a thunderstorm in an hour and pushes the grass up overnight. Dave's Outdoor Services keeps pace with it — mowing, string trimming along fences and foundations, edging the walks, and carrying off the clippings and brush a growing season leaves behind. Bridgeton summers arrive heavy and stay late, so the work starts while the shade is still on the east side of the house. What lasts is the look of a yard finished: borders cut sharp, beds tidy, nothing left standing in the driveway.