North of Canandaigua the land lies in long low ridges the glaciers left behind, and the roads out toward Farmington and Hopewell ride over them like slow waves. Empire lawn maintenence keeps lawns across that rolling ground — mowing, string trimming, edging, and the seasonal cleanups that bracket a growing year. Late August is the honest test: heat holding down in the grass, dew heavy at seven, everything wanting one more inch than you'd like. Getting it right means reading each yard's own dry spots and shade, then leaving behind mowing lines that run true from one end to the other. It is steady, weekly, unhurried work in a county that has always measured itself by how the fields look.