A yard on a Saturday afternoon, traffic humming out on the highway, a mower laying down alternating passes that catch the sun differently each way — that is the whole appeal of this job. The Yard Cut Factory handles the cut and everything that frames it: trimming around trees and posts, a hard edge along the concrete, the walks blown off before leaving. Down on this river flat the grass grows quickly and forgivingly, which makes a weekly visit the sensible way to hold it. In fall the leaves get moved out before the yard has to wear them all winter. By the blue hour the work is done and the lines are still showing.