The Susquehanna keeps its own weather at Apalachin: fog lying on the river flats at sunrise, then a wide bright afternoon opening down the valley. All seasons lawncare mows the bottomland yards that grow fast on that river ground, and the hillside lots above Route 434 where every pass is cut across the grade. Trimming, edging, mulch in the beds, and cleanups at both ends of the year, when the sycamores near the water let go of everything at once. The plain reward is a lawn that lies flat and even and feels good underfoot on an August evening. That is what keeps the truck moving through Apalachin from the first mow to the last.