Plainview was open farm plain long before it was neighborhoods, and that sandy Long Island ground still drains fast and dries out quickly under an August sun. Yard Smart works with it — mowing on schedule, trimming around posts and beds, edging walks and driveways, raking yards open in spring and pulling the leaves off before the cold sets in. Salt air and a hard summer sun make a lawn here earn its green, so a well-kept one is genuinely an accomplishment. Pulling away from a finished yard with the lines straight and the walk swept is the best part of the day. Around Plainview, that is the job, one week to the next.