South of the city the valley flattens out toward Conklin, and the lawns down there run wide and open with nothing to break the wind. JD construction/lawncare works them in the cool of the morning, before the flats begin holding heat — mowing, trimming, edging, mulch, hedge work, leaf removal and end-of-season clearing. Big yards reward straight lines and punish shortcuts; the mower has to hold its heading all the way out to the tree line. By evening the property reads as one continuous field of green, edges included. That is the whole pleasure of open ground done carefully.