Past the last curb in Charlotte the roads run straight for a mile at a stretch, and the yards get wider the farther out you go. Augusta Lawn Care of Huntersville takes those lawns mid-morning, once the gravel dust has settled back into the shoulder and the fencerow maples lay their shade across the ditch line. Mowing, trimming, edging — the work is plain, and the pleasure of it is watching the last pass close the pattern so the whole lawn reads as one piece. Clippings come off the walk and the drive before anyone gets home to see them there. Around town and out toward Potterville, Olivet and Eaton Rapids, it is one yard at a time, done all the way to the fence.