West of town the land flattens into farm country — Upper Deerfield, Seabrook, mile after mile of sandy loam that goes dust-pale by August. Heat sits heavy out here in late summer, and a lawn shows it within days. Ruiz's Landscaping mows, trims and edges through it, starting early and working steady, holding the cut height where the turf can carry itself through a dry stretch. Beds get weeded and mulched, hedges get shaped, and the leaves come off in autumn before the first hard rain mats them into the grass. A finished yard at the end of a hot afternoon, edges sharp and the driveway blown clear, is the point of the entire day.