going hard in the yard

About going hard in the yard

July in Felton is cicadas, thunderheads stacking up west of Route 13, and grass that puts on an inch overnight after every storm. going hard in the yard takes that on the way the name suggests — out early, decks set high for the heat, weekly cuts that stay ahead of the rain instead of catching up to it. Trimming runs the fence lines and the swing-set legs and the base of the mailbox post, and the sidewalk comes out clean to the seam. Come fall the leaves get pushed off before frost sets them, and the lawn goes into winter short and tidy. It is a yard's whole year, handled.