September evenings in Homer go on and on — sun low over the fields, the corn gone gold, the lawns finally easing off after a hard summer. Z-MAN'S LAWN & LANDSCAPE mows, trims and edges yards through the village and along the roads around it, with cleanups when the season turns. Out here a lawn is the front porch of a property: it is the first thing anybody sees and the easiest thing to let slip. Keeping one even, sharp at the walk and clear of clippings takes about an hour a week and pays back every day after. That hour is ours to get right.