By September the light in Newfield goes long and gold across the pitch pine at the edge of the borough, and the evening air finally cools enough to work comfortably again. John's Lawn Maintenance keeps the yards along these few square blocks and out on the farm roads beyond them mowed, trimmed and clear. Growth slows in the fall but never quite stops here, so the cutting carries on while the leaves start coming down and the cleanups begin. There is honest pleasure in the last cut of a season — a lawn put to bed even and tidy, the edges cut in, the walkway swept. Then it waits out the winter and comes back green with the first warm week, and the round starts over.