At noon in August the hardwood ridges above Mendon hold their shade like water, and the lawns beneath them dry slowly, growing thick wherever the light gets through. Timber Top Tree keeps those yards mowed on a schedule the weather dictates — higher in the heat so the roots stay covered, tighter through the cooler weeks of September. The trimmer goes carefully around trunks, posts and stone walls, and a border gets cut wherever lawn runs into gravel or bed. Autumn brings the leaf work, load after load, until the grass shows again. An even, well-kept lawn under old trees is a simple thing and a satisfying one.