Statesboro wakes slowly in the summer, and the work starts before it does. Out past the pine line along Highway 67, the Bermuda holds its dew until the sun clears the trees, and that first hour is the best hour to cut. Ninja Lawns, Inc. handles the mowing, the trimming, the edge along the walk, and the blow-down that leaves a drive clean enough to read the color of the concrete. By the time the heat sits down over Bulloch County, the yard is finished and the mower is back on the trailer. The reward is a small thing and it is also the whole point: a straight line, a clean edge, a lawn that looks like somebody meant it.