Ellicott Creek runs slow and green through this corner of Erie County, and by mid-June every lawn along it is trying to grow two inches a week. CJ Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscape meets that with mowing on a schedule, string-trimming into the corners, and edges cut so straight along the walk that the concrete looks new. In between there's the landscape work — beds shaped, mulch laid down, shrubs brought back to a line you can follow with your eye. Late in the year the mowers come off the trailer, the plow goes on, and the same properties get cleared before the school buses run. The pride is in the small stuff nobody names out loud and everybody notices.