Long Island runs on privet. Half the property lines around Hempstead are a hedge somebody has to keep square, and on a June evening the light hangs on long enough to finish one properly. Hernandez Landscaping works that hour — hedges cut level, lawns mowed and trimmed, edges reopened along the walk, clippings gathered instead of scattered. The route comes back every week, which is the only way a yard ever really looks kept rather than rescued. Cleanups bookend the year, mulch goes down when the beds need it, and the leaves get taken away before they pack down over the grass. Steady hands, familiar streets, and a hedge you could sight a line along.