Thompsontown sits low along the Juniata, with Shade Mountain holding the northern sky and farm ground running out flat between the ridges. Saner Landscaping keeps lawns here on a rhythm that matches the fields around them, mowing through the long green stretch of a Juniata County summer, trimming close to porch steps and mailbox posts, mulching beds before the heat arrives. River fog lies on these yards most mornings until the sun comes up over the ridge and lifts it. There is real pride in the stripe of a well-mowed lawn seen from the road. Come autumn the cleanups run until the walnuts and the maples have finished dropping.