By mid-July the yards around Steinmetz Park are running hard — tomatoes leaning into their cages, turf thick enough to hold a footprint for a second or two. Green Thumb Lawn Care mows into that with the deck up, taking the top off without stressing the grass, then trims along the beds and the back fence and edges the walk so the lawn stops on a line. Cuttings get cleared off the paths before anyone tracks them inside. April brings the cleanup that lets the ground breathe again; November brings the one that clears the leaves before they turn to felt. Schenectady grass will grow for anybody — it just looks like this for someone who visits it every week.