Mid-July, Kimball Bridge Road, two in the afternoon: heat sits flat on the pavement and the cicadas are running the entire neighborhood. Landscaping Expert LLC is out in it regardless — mowing, edging, trimming, weed control in the beds, mulch, and hauling the clippings and cut brush away. Alpharetta grass in high summer can erase a week of work in five days, which is why the calendar matters more than the effort ever will. Even so, nothing beats the last pass on a hot yard: blower down the walk, and the whole place goes suddenly sharp. Johns Creek, Duluth, Roswell and Milton sit on the same weekly list.