Late on a September afternoon the light comes low across Levassor Park and lays every mower stripe out flat where you can read it. Earl's Lawn Service works those Covington streets on a weekly turn, cutting, trimming and clearing so a yard is finished well before supper. The mowing pattern gets alternated visit to visit, which keeps the grass standing up instead of leaning the same direction all season. Around trees and hydrants the trimmer does the fine work, and the walks are taken back down to bare concrete before the truck moves on. Nothing flashy about it — just a lawn that looks tended every single week.