Summer thunderstorms build over the hills southeast of Poughkeepsie and come through in twenty loud minutes, and the grass answers by putting on two inches overnight. Ruben's Landscaping and Construction Corp keeps ahead of that — weekly mowing, trimmed borders, hedges cut back, beds weeded and mulched, cleanups in spring and again once the leaves come down. Wet ground asks for a lighter touch and a sharper blade; nobody wants tire ruts across their front yard. The aim is a lawn that looks the same good way every single week, storm or no storm. That is what the route is built around.