August in Monmouth County can go three weeks without real rain, and Freehold's sandy ground gives up its moisture fast — the high spots fade to straw while the shade under the trees stays stubbornly green. Good-N-Tuff Lawn & Landscaping, Inc. works those hard weeks the way the orchard country north of town works them, with patience and a light hand. Cutting higher, keeping blades sharp so the tips do not shred and brown, trimming and edging so the yard still looks intentional even when the color is off. Then the first cool rain arrives in September and the whole town greens up almost overnight. Carrying a lawn through the dry stretch so it can do that is the part nobody sees and everybody benefits from.