The bay keeps Forked River a few degrees kinder than the towns inland, and lawns here will hold their green well past the point the calendar says they should. KJM Landscaping LLC mows into November for exactly that reason — a last low pass, edges cut back to the concrete, leaves cleared before the first hard freeze locks them down. Come March the same yards get raked open, the beds get fresh mulch, and the shrubs are shaped before they push new growth. In between there is the weekly round all summer, trimming close to posts and rails so nothing looks half-finished. Grass on this side of Ocean County pays back anybody willing to stay on schedule with it.