Dew sits heavy on Stevenson lawns until the sun clears the treeline, and that first hour is the coolest one to work in. Elite Lawn & Outdoor Services LLC mows, trims and edges yards around town, leaving stripes that run straight as a section line. Out here the horizon is mostly corn and sky, so a yard is the one piece of green a household shapes by hand. The borders get the same attention as the open middle — along fences, around mailbox posts, tight to the drive — because that is where a lawn either looks finished or does not. By the time the afternoon heat settles in, the grass is swept off the walks and the place reads as cared for from the road.