The Watervliet Reservoir lies long and quiet along the western edge of town, and the air moving across it is the first thing you notice on a mowing morning. J.D. Michaels Contracting, LLC cuts, trims and edges lawns throughout Guilderland — the properties strung along the old Western Turnpike, the newer yards set in behind them, the places out toward Fort Hunter with room enough to swing wide. Spring and fall cleanups take care of whatever the maples and the wind leave behind. Straight passes, tight corners, nothing shaggy left along the fence line. A finished lawn is obvious even at forty miles an hour.