First thing on a June morning at Rock Run, dew stands on everything and the oaks along the creek are still holding the night's cool. Eli's Lawncare starts once the grass dries enough to cut clean, mowing on a steady rotation, trimming around trees and posts, edging where lawn meets drive. A cut made at the right moisture leaves stripes that hold and blades that do not tear brown at the tips. Beds and borders are cleared through the season so nothing creeps in from the woods' edge. By the time heat comes up off the pavement the yards are finished and the day belongs to whoever lives there.