By late July the ground around Hickory goes hard and the grass stops asking for anything but shade. D&S Lawn & Sprinkler Service mows to that reality — the deck raised so the turf can shade its own roots, the wheel lines kept regular, string trimming around the posts and the tree bases where a mower would scalp. Edges stay cut along the drive and the walks so a yard keeps its shape even while the color fades out of it. When rain finally returns and everything comes back at once, the schedule tightens instead of scrambling. Summers here are long; a lawn can come through one looking like it was never left alone.