Dicks Field and tree

About Dicks Field and tree

Groton lives beside a forest: the state forest's spruce, granite boulders and still ponds roll north from the village toward Lake Groton and Ricker Pond. Dicks Field and tree brings lawn care to the open ground at the forest's edge, mowing lawns and keeping the places people live trimmed and usable. Along Route 302 the Wells River runs through the valley, and in high summer the grass on its banks comes in lush and fast. Cutting that summer surge down to a level, even sward along the riverbank is good, steady work in a town where the wild is never far away. On an August evening, the smell of fresh-cut grass drifts up the valley and Groton feels exactly the way it should.