The first cut of April in Christian County is practically an event — ground still soft, dew burning off, the grain elevator north of town catching sun before anything else does. Butch's Lawn Mower Sales & Services takes lawns from that opening pass all the way to the last one in October: mowing on a rotation that doesn't slip, trimming the corners a deck can't reach, cutting the drive and walk lines, and clearing away the season's litter in spring and again in fall. Out here a yard can go from short to shaggy in five days of warm rain, so keeping to the calendar is most of the trick. There's a good sound to a machine doing exactly what it should, and a better one in the quiet right after. What remains is a lawn cut even, corner to corner.