Salem County is flat, open ground where the sky takes up most of the view and June comes on hot with the smell of cut field in it. Lawns here grow the way the farmland does — fast, thick, and all at once — so mowing keeps a steady weekly beat from spring to the first frost, with trimming around posts and outbuildings and edging where grass meets gravel and walk. Cleanups fold in at both ends of the season, hauling off what winter shed and what autumn drops. A yard on a road like this can be seen from a quarter mile away, and the difference between mowed and cut properly shows at that distance. The straight line at the end of the drive is worth the extra minute it takes.