Fall takes its time in this part of Forsyth County. The sweetgums go first, the maples hold out, and there are still leaves drifting down in December when most places have long since gone bare. Cobb Landworks works that long tail of the year — the last cuts of the season, trimming, edging, and hauling off the leaf and clipping load that keeps arriving. A yard cleared in November has a particular kind of order to it, wide and open, ready for the short quiet ahead. Come spring the mowing picks back up on the same streets around Big Creek.