Independence Township runs from ridge down to bottomland, and out in Great Meadows the soil goes black — old lake bed, farmed for generations, holding water long after the hills have dried. A&G Landscaping and Lawn Care works both ends of that calendar: mowing, trimming, edging and cleanups through the growing months, then plowing driveways, clearing walks and salting ice once the Pequest valley starts filling with cold air at night. Country properties out here are long — the driveway is often the whole job, a quarter mile of it, and it has to be open before the bus comes up the road. There is pride in both versions of the same result: a lawn that lies flat and even in July, and a drive open end to end in January. The place asks for both, so you learn both.