South of Somerville the ground begins its long roll toward the Sourlands, and the road verges out that way go to chicory and Queen Anne's lace by August. Nature's Apprentice, LLC brings some of that patience back into town lawns — mowing on time, trimming where a machine shouldn't go, letting the season set the pace. Spring cleanups pull winter's debris out of the beds; fall cleanups take the leaves before the rain glues them to the grass. Every yard teaches something about its own shade and drainage, and the work goes better once you have listened. The name is the method.