August in the Ozarks: cicadas going hard in the treetops, limestone showing white through the hillsides, every yard around Buffalo baked down to a dusty green. MowzArk Lawn Care LLC keeps the mowing going right through it — a steady weekly pass, a crisp line at the edge of the gravel, the trimmer taken around the posts and the propane tank. Grass idles in the dry stretches and comes roaring back after a good rain, so the schedule bends toward the weather rather than the calendar. The reward is small and real: a cut yard, a swept walk, and shade on the porch that finally looks like it belongs to somebody. Come November there are leaves, and the same truck comes back for those.