By seven on a July morning out near Dixie Inn the interstate is already humming and the heat has already decided what kind of day it intends to be. RealPro Lawncare gets ahead of it, mowing Minden yards while the shade still reaches across them, edging the drives, running the trimmer down fence lines and blowing the walks clear. A Louisiana summer does not negotiate — the work happens early or it happens miserably. There is a particular pride in closing out a route by midday and looking back down a street of even, freshly cut lawns. Cooler weather will come eventually; the grass will not wait for it.