West Hill climbs out of Ithaca in steps, and the lawns up there are terraces held between stone walls and driveways that tilt toward the lake. Bovt Construction keeps that kind of ground mowed and tended — the awkward slopes, the narrow strips beside retaining walls, the flat top yard with a view running all the way down to Cayuga. Spring arrives late on the hill and then arrives all at once, and the first cut of the year is the one that makes a place look cared for again. Through the summer it is a steady rhythm: mow, trim, edge, clear the clippings off the walk. Come November the leaves are raked down off the slope and the grass goes into winter short and clean.