Rockingham's older streets step down toward Hitchcock Creek, shaded by big trees and lined with the compact yards of the mill village days. Childers Lawn Care LLC keeps those lawns and the newer ones out toward the pines — mowing, edging, trimming, and hauling off the clippings and leaves. Small yards ask for a light hand and a great many turns; open ones ask for straight lines and patience. Summer here is long and humid and the grass never really pauses, which makes a set schedule worth more than one big effort a month. The look at the end is simple: level green, crisp at the walk, sidewalk swept.