By the Fourth of July the open lawns around Hovey Pond in Queensbury have gone that deep midsummer green that only lasts a few weeks, and the whole town seems to be outdoors in the evening. Stars and Stripes Lawn Maintenance keeps yards through that season and the ones on either side of it — mowing, trimming, edging along the walks and the drive. A holiday weekend is a good deadline: everything cut Thursday so the lawn is at its best when the folding chairs come out. Week to week it's the same reliable circuit, the grass never allowed to get ahead of itself. Then autumn, and the leaves, and a property put away tidy before the cold sets in.