Water is the loudest voice in these mountains; two inches of rain finds every low spot in a driveway and carries some of it downhill. Farmer's Grading & Landscaping LLC works with that fact — grading drives and pads, shaping slopes so runoff goes where it should, then landscaping and mowing the ground once it holds still. A rebuilt drive that sheds a storm without rutting is a quiet victory noticed mostly by its absence. North Georgia clay is stubborn stuff, and it rewards anyone who reads the fall of the land before moving the first bucket. Blue Ridge and the surrounding Fannin County roads are the territory.