West of town the pitch pines and oaks of the Allaire country close in around the old mill road, and late-summer light comes down through them in coins. Plunkett Brothers Lawn & Landscape works the lawns at the edge of that woodland — mowing, trimming the ragged margins where a yard gives out to trees, edging the drives, and clearing the season's fall of needles and leaves. The ground here is sandy and rooty and never quite level, which rewards a slow pass and a sharp blade. Farmingdale's properties run from tight village lots to open ground near the river, and each one asks for something a little different. The good days end the same way, though: an even cut, straight lines, and the smell of grass hanging in the warm air.