Late May in Sparta smells like rain on warm asphalt and cut grass, and everything grows faster than anyone planned for. Stork Mower Shop meets that head-on with mowing, string trimming and edging across town and the country around it, where oak and hickory shade gives way to open field. Sharp blades and lines laid out with the slope instead of against it are most of the craft. By the time a yard is finished the borders are drawn and the driveway has been swept back to gray. Straightforward work with a good smell to it, and the result holds until the next storm says otherwise.