Downtown Hardwick sits close to the water — brick blocks leaning toward the Lamoille where it drops white under the bridge — and the yards climb straight uphill from there. Faith & Family Property Maintenance LLC keeps those steep little lots in order through the mowing months, cutting and trimming ground that never quite agrees to be flat. In August the grass goes down in long evening rows while the river noise carries up the hill. Then the light shortens, the ground hardens, and the same trucks turn to plowing and shoveling out drives and walks so a Hardwick morning starts on schedule. It is unglamorous, particular work, and a cleared path to a front door is worth doing right.