The last cut of the day in Kirkwood happens in low gold light, when the shadows of the pin oaks reach all the way across the street. Atlanta Lawn Care Services, Inc works those long afternoons through October and November, when the water oaks let go a little at a time and a lawn can disappear under leaves in a single week. Blowing, raking, hauling, then one more pass with the mower so the turf is visible again. Through the growing months it is mowing, edging and trimming on a steady rotation. A yard that stays open under Atlanta's canopy takes somebody showing up, and that is the entire idea.