Below the village the Missisquoi drops through ledge at Big Falls, loud all June and hardly a whisper by August. Home & Property Services Of VT keeps the yards on either side of the river tended, mowing, string trimming, edging, and hauling clippings so nothing is left lying in windrows. This near the border the growing stretch is brief, and every dry week gets used for something. A lawn cut even, with the edges taken care of, sets a whole place off. The last of it is autumn work, raking the hillside yards clean before the ground goes hard.