North of the city the ground turns to Queensbury sand — that old glacial plain which drains a downpour away in an hour and leaves lawns going blond by mid-August. Baker Landscape & Irrigation, Inc. works lawns on that soil around Glens Falls North: mowing, trimming and edging, with cleanups at either end of the year. The streets off Aviation and Bay run downhill toward Halfway Brook, and the grass along them tells you exactly how the summer has gone. Carrying a lawn through July here takes attention rather than luck — a steady cut height, clean lines, nothing scalped in the heat. When September cools it off, the color returns and the whole yard looks like it had been waiting for the chance.