Down in the southeast corner of Arkansas the pine stands tall and close, the bayous move slower than the traffic, and Ashley County stays green long after the rest of the state has given up on it. Apple Tree Services works those yards and lanes — removing a loblolly that has died from the top down, trimming hardwood limbs back off a metal roof, pruning so a shade tree can carry a full summer without dropping pieces of itself. The heat here is patient and so is the work: rig it, cut it, set it down where the plan said it would go. When a line of storms crosses the flatwoods and buries a driveway under limbs, the hauling runs until the gravel shows again. Open ground under a tall pine is what the day is for.