Hammond lies in the low green country between Black Lake and the St. Lawrence, where summers come in short, bright and busy. Citizens Telephone Co handles lawn care through that stretch — mowing on a regular round, trimming close around posts and edges, and clearing a yard out when the season opens and again when it ends. Grass up here grows hard in June and eases off by late August, so the schedule bends to the weather rather than the calendar. A neatly kept lot is a quiet form of welcome on a road where everybody still waves. The work is plain, and the result speaks for itself.