Ameri-Cut Inc.

About Ameri-Cut Inc.

Just above Altoona the Ocala National Forest begins, and the land gives itself over to sand pine, scrub oak and long, quiet roads. Ameri-Cut Inc. cuts lawns in this forest-edge town, where the soil is pale sand that drains in a heartbeat and turf has to be coaxed rather than pushed. Mornings start cool and resin-scented, the sun slanting low through the scrub before the day's heat climbs. A cut that holds up in this ground means the deck set at the right height, edges squared off along the driveway and clippings cleared so the yard reads neat from the street. There is a particular satisfaction in finishing a lawn at the doorstep of a national forest and watching it keep its shape.