Toward evening the light off the Mississippi goes copper, a towboat leans on its horn somewhere below the levee, and the last yard of the day gets its edge cut. Harlan & Cee Lawn Care LLC takes on the weekly cut and everything around it — string trimming along fences and foundations, edging the drive, and a tidy finish before the truck moves on. Summers in the American Bottom are humid and generous to grass, and the schedule is built for exactly that. Autumn shifts the work to leaves and a last tidy-up ahead of the freeze. Neighbors notice a lawn kept like that, even if nobody says so out loud.