Out along Highway 18 the orchard rows run off in straight lines, and by June this part of middle Georgia smells like ripening fruit and hot grass. NC Lawn Services works the Zebulon yards through that stretch of the year — mowing weekly while the growth is at its hardest, trimming the fence lines and the mailbox posts, laying a clean edge where lawn meets drive. Blowers take the clippings off the concrete so a walk stays a walk. When the season cools, the leaves come down over those same lots and the work turns to clearing them. Either way the measure is the same: pull up to a yard that has gotten ahead of itself, and leave it level, edged and swept.