By two in the afternoon a Thornton July has the whole sky to itself, the bluegrass has gone a little pale at the crown, and the only shade on the block is whatever the elms are willing to give. Tiki lawn care mows into that heat and leaves the blade high, because grass cut long here keeps its roots cool and its color into August. Trimming follows the fence and the hydrant, the edge along the drive comes out clean, and everything that lands on the concrete gets blown back where it belongs. Then the thunderheads build over the foothills, the temperature drops fifteen degrees, and the lawn drinks. Steady lawn care for Thornton yards, cut for the way this dry, sunlit stretch of the Front Range actually grows.