Midsummer in Clay arrives humid and green, thunderheads stacking up to the west by late afternoon and the grass growing like it has somewhere to be. Dominator Lawn Maintenance keeps pace with it — weekly mowing, trimming and edging, cleanups at either end of the season — on properties from the Morgan Road side of town out toward the river flats. The trick in July is timing: cut ahead of the storm rather than after it, and leave the blade high enough that the lawn can take the heat. Handled that way, a yard holds its color through the worst stretch of the summer. Neat, even and still standing in August is the whole scorecard.