Late August in Hamptonburgh: heat sitting on the hayfields, stone walls warm at noon, dew back again by morning. Lawn and shrub care is the whole of the work here — feeding turf through the season, treating for weeds, and keeping foundation plantings shaped so a house looks settled in its own yard. Mowing, trimming and edging hold each week together, and the seasonal cleanups bookend it in April and November. Thick turf that stays green into October is not luck; it is a program followed from one visit to the next. Watching a thin patch fill back in is the quiet reward of this trade.