Late summer in New York leaves the plantings tired — hedges shaggy, grass thinned where the sun has hammered it since June. JP McHale Pest Management takes on lawn care across the city's green pockets: the side yards, entry strips and back gardens that keep a block breathing. Water follows the shade, and shade in this city travels fast, so a lawn on one side of a building lives an entirely different life from the one across the street. Mowing, trimming, hedge work and bed maintenance make the steady rhythm, week after week, until autumn takes the pressure off. There is a plain satisfaction in a September lawn that has been carried through August intact.