Spring in south Baldwin County comes with pollen on the windshields and thunderheads stacking over the pines by mid-afternoon. Pine Valley Landscaping works the hours in between — mowing, edging and trimming the sandy-soiled yards around Foley, where centipede runs thin at the shade line and needle drop covers everything by the end of the week. Blowing the drives and walks clear is half the job here; raking the needles out of the beds is the other half. There is a particular satisfaction in the last look back before pulling away: the lawn even, the borders sharp, the storm still ten minutes off. Cleanups keep it that way once the growth slows down.