A property looks after itself for roughly ten days in June and then it very much does not, which is why the calendar is half the job. Empire Property Care keeps Schenectady lawns on a weekly turn from the first flush of May growth to the last slow cut in October — mowing, string trimming along walks and steps, edging where the turf tries to creep over concrete. Clippings come off the sidewalks before anyone leaves the site. The spring cleanup opens the year and the autumn leaf work closes it. It is ordinary maintenance, and done on time it is the whole difference between a block that looks tended and one that doesn't.