Ithaca summer storms build over the west hill and come down the lake with the light turning green ahead of them, and afterward everything grows an inch overnight. Lightning Landscapes mows into that — the fast weeks of June and July when a lawn needs cutting before you have finished thinking about it, trimming around beds and posts, edging the walks back to a clean line. Getting there between rains is half the craft; the other half is knowing when to raise the deck and let the turf carry itself through a dry August. Fall turns the work to leaves, and the yards come out of it swept and open. Grass grows fast in this valley, and keeping up with it is a good way to spend a season.