Sandy ground drinks fast out toward Scotland Run, so a Williamstown lawn earns its green the hard way in July. Kevin's property maintenance mows on a rhythm the grass can live with — blade set high through the heat, stripes laid straight down the long side of the yard, clippings left where they will do some good. Trimming follows the fence line and the mailbox post, and edging keeps the sidewalk from disappearing under the turf a foot at a time. Spring and fall bring the cleanups, oak leaf and pine needle both, pulled out of the beds and off the lawn before they mat down. Late afternoon, with the mower cooling and the shade coming across from the pines, the yard finally looks the way its owner always pictured it.