Schenectady is really a stack of neighborhoods — flats by the water, then the streets climbing east and south until the yards get their own weather and their own soil. Schenectady Lawn Care mows across the whole of it, and the route teaches you things: which blocks dry out first in spring, which slopes burn off in July, where the grass keeps running well into October. Every stop gets the same three moves anyway — cut it even, trim what the mower missed, edge the walk and sweep the concrete behind you. A city looks after itself one lawn at a time, and this is the part they hold up. Lawn care in Schenectady and the towns at its borders.