By mid-July the cicadas start up in the mesquite around eleven and don't quit until dark, and Kerrville lawns learn to live on whatever the sky decides to give them. Mow Bueno Landscaping cuts high through those weeks — a taller blade shades its own roots — then edges the sidewalk so the yard still looks tended even when it has gone half-gold. String trimming takes the fence lines and the awkward strip along the alley, and the blower puts stray clippings back on the turf instead of down the storm drain. When the first cool front finally comes through, the grass answers all at once and the same yard turns green inside of a week. Both versions of it get the same attention.