Late in the afternoon the light comes in low over Surry County, and that is when a striped lawn shows what it is: bands of light and dark laid down like corduroy across the yard. Carolina Cut & Stripe LLC works toward that finish, mowing in alternating passes, edging walkways and drives, and running the trimmer where the deck cannot reach. Around Mount Airy the ground rolls more than it lies flat, so the stripes bend with the grade and the yards look wider for it. Beds get tidied, hedges get shaped, and the clippings get blown back into the turf. By supper the yard is quiet, combed and cooling.