Mist comes off Alford Lake early on a Hope morning and burns away about the time the mowers start. Bantam Property Management, LLC looks after lawns in this hill country — cutting, trimming, edging and clearing up so a property reads as tended from the road all the way to the water. The ground here rolls and ledges out in places, so no two yards mow the same way, and the good work lies in knowing each one. The spring pass clears the winter wreck of branches and road sand; the fall pass gathers everything the maples let go. In between, a Hope summer hands you long green weeks worth doing right.