Out toward Cattus Island the marsh grass runs gold-green in June and an osprey works the channel all morning, and the neighborhoods backing onto that water keep a summer of their own. Nate's Landscaping Service mows and trims through it, edging walks and driveways and carrying the clippings away. Toms River yards near the marsh hold damp ground in one corner and dry sand in the next, which makes every property its own puzzle. Solving it week after week is the craft — one pass more here, one less there, until the whole lawn reads level. Pulling away from a yard that looks effortless is the payoff for all that fuss.