August thunderheads build inland over the pinelands and come at Somers Point from the west, and everyone with a mower learns to read that sky by three in the afternoon. Medina Landscaping works ahead of it — finishing the cut, running the edge along the drive, blowing the clippings off the walk before the first fat drops hit the pavement. Then the rain passes, the air turns sweet, and by evening the yard looks better than it did all week. Through the year the work stays the same shape: mowing on schedule, trimming the corners, cleanups when a season sheds everything at once. Grass here grows in bursts, and the job is to stay a step ahead of it.