Top

About Top

West of the river the ground drops low and wet toward the swamp, and a North Vacherie morning in June opens with dew heavy enough to soak your boots through. Top starts there — first cuts while the grass is still cool, edges pulled back along the concrete, trimmer work around mailboxes, fence corners and tree trunks, walks blown clean before the truck moves on. Wet-ground turf mats down if it is cut too short, so the deck rides a little high and the pattern changes week to week. What that buys is grass that stands up instead of laying over. Down these St. James Parish roads, that is a yard you notice from the truck window.