Storms stack up behind the ridge most summer afternoons here, so the mowing gets finished in the morning while the sky is still holding. BigDaddy's Lawn Care runs the streets above Ringgold Gap on exactly that schedule — mow, trim, edge, blow off, and be loading the trailer when the first thunder rolls down. There is real satisfaction in beating the rain and leaving a sharp yard behind you. The storm passes over, the grass drinks it in, and by supper everything has gone a shade deeper green. Then the next week comes and it all happens again.