The Flint River comes through Bainbridge wide and unhurried, cypress standing in the shallows and the moss hanging dead still in the hour before a storm. Rentz Land Services LLC keeps lawns on the rhythm a river town runs on — mow early, edge the walks, work the trimmer around bed lines and pecan trunks, then clear the drive of every last clipping. Decatur County grass grows hard from April clear into October, and a skipped week announces itself; the only answer is showing up again on time. Come November the pecan groves drop leaves by the bushel and the work turns to gathering, hauling and handing back an open, swept yard for the cool months. Late light off the boat basin has a way of making a fresh-cut lawn look pressed flat and new.