A whole year in Monroe can be measured on one lawn. J & R Lawn Care Services, LLC starts it in April, mowing and edging as the maples around Thompson Park's Lake Manalapan come into leaf, then holds that line sharp through every humid week of July. Autumn turns the work to cleanups, the last cut taken low and the beds cleared out. Then the first plowable night arrives and the same trucks are back with blades down, opening driveways and walks and putting salt ahead of the ice instead of behind it. One property, every month of the year, looked after by people who already know where the drain grate and the sprinkler head are.