Down along the old canal line at Stephens State Park, midsummer afternoons come with cicadas and a heat that sits in the valley until dark. Leo's Landscaping works through it anyway, because grass in July does not wait — mowing on schedule, trimming the fence lines, keeping the beds from swallowing the walk. There is real pleasure in the moment a wide lawn finishes: the last pass laid down, the blower run once over the driveway, the whole property suddenly reading as one tidy shape. Spring and fall bring the heavier days, mulch in and leaves out. Hackettstown looks best when its yards are cut and its edges are crisp, and that is the assignment.