The flat ground along the Passaic in Long Hill is the floor of a lake that drained ten thousand years ago, and the soil still tells on it — dark, damp, quick to grow. Royal Turf works that grass for what it is: mowing at the height the month calls for, edging, trimming, feeding and treating the turf, and cleanups in spring and fall. Midsummer can swing from soaked to baked inside a week, so the cut gets raised and the schedule holds. Lawns handled that way come out of August still green rather than tired. There is something worth standing back for in a stand of turf so even that low sun cannot find a flaw in it.