Dew sits heavy at six in the morning, and the first mile of any Martinsburg workday is driven with the wipers going for no reason but that. SM Services starts early because the middle of a summer afternoon is no place to be behind a mower — grass cut even, trimmer taken around every post and downspout, edges laid clean along the walk. Weekly returns keep it that way through a growing season that hardly lets up between May and October. Spring and fall are cleanup weather, beds cleared and leaves gathered off the yards before the cold arrives. Finishing a route by noon with a string of tidy properties behind you is a good enough reason to keep setting the alarm.