October in south Richmond County is the reward for the summer: cool mornings, dry air, the light coming long and yellow across the Hephzibah fields. Two sets of hands make quick work of a yard — one on the mower holding the line, one trimming fence rows and blowing the drive clean behind it. Fall is not a shutdown here so much as a change of chores, with leaves to gather and the last growth of the season to keep in check. The grass slows, the cut lasts longer, and the finished lines stay sharp for days. It is a good stretch of the year to take pride in a straight edge.