Fog lies low in the flatwoods along Big Satilla Creek at first light, wiregrass gone silver with it and longleaf pines standing up out of the white. D&E lawn care starts the route in that hour — mowing while the air is still cool, edging the walks and drives, trimming around posts and bed lines, and clearing every hard surface before moving on. Sandy ground here gives up its water fast, which is a mercy in a country that gets storms all summer long. Once the year cools, the work becomes leaves, pine straw and debris hauled off rather than pushed into the ditch. The finish is plain and good: grass lying even, a clean line at the concrete, a yard somebody clearly tends.