Half the yards in Egg Harbor City live under pitch pine and oak, in that broken shade where the light moves all afternoon and needles come down like a slow brown rain. Pollino Landscape And Tree Service knows the particular patience those lawns require — mowing gently around a root flare, trimming close to a trunk without scarring it, clearing the drop so the grass underneath still gets its share of sun. Thin turf in dappled ground is not a problem to bulldoze, it is a problem to tend. Around Egg Harbor City and out through Elwood and Galloway, the work is mowing, trimming, edging and clearing, done at the pace the shade asks for. Late in the day, when the sun comes sideways through the pines and lights up a freshly cut yard in stripes, the whole slow method makes sense.