A sharp blade is the whole argument. MD Mowing starts the week with one, and it shows in the way a Maine Township lawn takes a stripe: grass cut rather than torn, standing back up green instead of browning at the tip. These blocks run with alleys behind and parkways in front, so every yard has two public faces, and both get mowed, trimmed and tidied. Tuesday's route ends the way it should, hard surfaces bare, passes even, the garbage cans still standing where they were. Small standards, held every single time.