By August the river runs low and clear past Rush Island and the gravel bars are wide enough to walk, but the grass up on the bank has not slowed down at all. Grass Reaper Lawn Service keeps that growth in hand — mowing on rotation, string trimming the banks and fence rows, edging drives and walks, and pulling the clippings off before they mat. Bottom ground here grows fast and thick; the same yard can go shin-high in ten days after a wet spell. Hot afternoons in these hills are best answered early, and the first cut of the morning is always the sweetest one. Come evening the whole place smells like green hay.