Mist sits on Guilford Lake most summer mornings until the sun clears the ridge, and then the whole bowl of the valley turns green at once. ABK Yard Maintenance is out after that, mowing camp lawns and house lots, trimming down toward the water's edge, cutting a clean line where grass gives way to gravel. Chenango County growing weeks are quick and generous — grass here can put on a week's height in four days — so the schedule stays tight from May onward. Spring cleanups pull the winter's sticks and matted leaves out of the turf, and fall cleanups put the beds down for the year. The pride is in the finish: no scalped corners, nothing left lying on the drive.