June along the Ottauquechee is generous — the river low and loud over its ledges, the grass in Quechee growing faster than anyone can keep up with. Bear Mountain Mowing takes that on weekly: mowing, string trimming, edging the walks, clearing the clippings so a lawn looks finished and not merely shortened. There is a craft to reading a Vermont yard, knowing which slope to take across and which to take straight up, where the ground stays soft three days after rain. Done right, a mown lawn holds its lines all week and the whole property sits differently in the evening light. From the first cut of spring to the last one before the leaves come down, it is the same short circuit around Hartford's villages.