Late June in Oakhurst builds its heat by two o'clock, thunderheads stacking west of Route 35 while the shore side of Ocean Township stays bright. D C Lawn Care LLC reads that clock the way anyone working outdoors here learns to, cutting, trimming and edging the route before the sky decides. There is a satisfaction in beating the rain: grass down, clippings cleared, beds tidy, and the first fat drops landing on a yard already put right. Spring and fall cleanups bracket the season, hauling out what winter left behind and what October lets go. Summers here are short and loud, and a lawn kept steadily through one is a small, dependable kind of order.