Follow the shore road northeast toward Lycoming on a June morning and the lake sits flat and pale, with everything inland from it loud with growth. North Country Landscaping LLC keeps that growth in order — mowing on a set rhythm, trimming around trees, posts and foundations, edging the hard lines along drives and walks. The water keeps Oswego cool and damp well into the summer, which is generous to grass and demanding on whoever cuts it. Spring and fall cleanups take the season's two big messes off the lawn. What is left is a yard that looks deliberate rather than merely mowed.