August afternoons in the New Market end of Piscataway are still and bright, with Ambrose Brook running low under the trees. Salazar Lawn Care and Landscaping LLC works through that heat on the plain schedule that keeps a property from slipping — mowing, edging, string trimming, hedges, mulch, and the cleanups that bookend the growing months. Late summer is when lawns get tired, and it is the moment steady care shows most plainly against the yards left to fend for themselves. A clipped, deep-green front yard at the end of a long hot week is worth something. The tools are simple; the difference is showing up.