Late August in Brookside is crickets and low sun and lawns that have finally stopped growing so fast. Valgreens Landscaping LLC keeps Mendham Township cut and trimmed through that stretch — a steady mowing schedule, tidy edges, the clippings cleared off the walk before anyone comes home. When the leaves come down the same route becomes a cleanup route, and when the first real storm arrives it becomes a plow route: driveways opened, walks shoveled, salt where the shade holds ice all day. The township's hills make every property a little different, and the work is learning each one. Grass in the warm months, pavement in the cold ones, and someone paying attention either way.