By the middle of a July afternoon the sky west of Phillips starts stacking itself into thunderheads you can watch build for an hour before they arrive. Dan's lawn maintenance plans a week around that kind of weather: mow ahead of the rain, trim once the ground firms up, stay in front of what four warm days can do to a lawn. The trimmer handles every place a deck cannot follow, from fence corners to the base of the light pole to the ragged strip along the drive. Evening comes late this far into summer, and a finished yard holds the last of that light better than anything else on the road.