Low tide on the Reynolds Channel side leaves the bay flats gleaming, and that is about when the mowers start on the bay-block lawns of Long Beach. Beach Time Landscaping keeps them going — regular mowing, edging along seawalls and driveway aprons, trimming back the rugosa where it leans into the grass, clearing whatever a barrier island collects on the wind. Salt air is hard on turf and sand is always trying to be soil here, so a good lawn on this island is something somebody decided to maintain. By late May the blocks between the bay and the boulevard are green enough to surprise a visitor. That green is the result, and it is earned every week.