Out past the last row of houses a meadowlark will sit on a fence wire and sing the whole plain awake, and it is hard not to carry that mood into a morning of yard work. Little Laurel Landscaping takes Evans lawns one at a time — cut at the right height, trimmed in tight around posts and the air-conditioner pad, edged until the sidewalk has a crisp shoulder again. A small yard gets the same attention as a big one; a corner lot is just two front yards sharing one address. Spring and fall cleanups clear away the rest. The reward is plain enough: a house that looks cared for from the street.