Up near the Missouri line the Boone County hills open into pasture, and Omaha sits in that green fold with Highway 65 running past. Opies Landscaping mows, trims and edges yards around town, then clears the cut grass off walks and drives before pulling out. Hill lawns bake through July and come roaring back with the first September rain, so the schedule bends to what the grass is actually doing. There is a plain pleasure in a lot that goes from knee-high to level in one afternoon, the borders drawn tight along the gravel. Small towns notice a yard like that, and word travels the length of the road.