Mount Abraham stands over Lincoln with snow still in its hollows into May, and the growing season down in the village waits on it. When the grass finally comes, Sargent's Tree Service LLC is out in it — mowing, trimming, edging, and the winter's litter cleared off the turf. Summer here is bright and short, and a yard can go from brown to knee-high in a hurry. A weekly cut keeps it even, and the string trimmer does the fine work along the stone and the fence line. When the maples turn and start letting go, the leaves get gathered and the ground heads into winter tidy.