Noon in Pike County in July is a still, humming kind of hot — clover in the road ditches, pasture fence running off toward the pines, not a shadow anywhere worth standing in. Busy B Lawn Care LLC is out in it anyway, working Zebulon yards on a rhythm the grass sets rather than the calendar. The work is mowing, string trimming, edging, and a last pass with the blower across walks and drives at every stop. The big open lots out toward Concord and Meansville take a while, and there is something worth the sweat in watching a rough yard come back to level under the deck. Then the truck pulls off, the yard holds its lines, and the next one is up the road.