By three o'clock in July the thunderheads are stacking up over the Allatoona hills, white on top and bruise-colored underneath, and everybody in Emerson is watching the sky. Grass Kicking LawnCare works ahead of it. Georgia bermuda in high summer will put on an inch between one visit and the next, so the mowing is a race and the trimming is the referee — around the fence line, the AC pad, the swing set legs. Deck up, blades sharp, one pass and then the blower until the drive is clean, and the crew is loading up while the first fat drops hit the tailgate. Come back Saturday and the stripes are still there under a week of new growth.