By four o'clock in January the ridge has already taken the sun, and Shawangunk turns blue a full hour before anywhere else does. Zachs Lawn Care is usually still out in that light — plowing driveways, clearing walks, putting salt down before the refreeze makes a rink of the front steps. Come summer the same properties get mowed, trimmed and edged on a regular turn. A lawn kept on schedule never looks like it needed rescuing, and that is exactly the idea. Whatever the month, the aim is a place that plainly has someone looking after it.