In Fort Edward the Hudson comes down wide and unhurried, and the Champlain Canal runs beside it like a second, quieter river. Atkins Landscaping keeps lawns on that flat river ground, where the soil is generous and the grass answers fast to a warm week. Mowing, trimming, edging, mulched beds and the cleanups that bracket the growing season — the work gets measured in straight lines and a clean boundary between green and everything else. There is a particular satisfaction in the last pass, when the stripes line up with the road and the edge along the walk is sharp enough to read from the porch. Summer this far north is short and bright, and the point is to spend it looking out at something well kept.