North of the city the roads narrow into Balmville, shade most of the day, lawns cut into old hillside lots. B & D Landscaping works ground like that — mowing where the slope makes it awkward, trimming close to stone walls and fence posts, keeping hedge faces flat and their tops level. In September the beds get cleared and mulched, and the first leaves come off before they turn to a wet mat. Grass gets seeded thin in the bare corners under the maples so next spring has something to start from. The result is a yard that holds its lines even where the land refuses to be flat.