January in Bowersville is a quiet stretch of the calendar — the bermuda gone straw-gold, frost holding in the shade of the pines until nearly noon, the crossroads at the middle of town nearly to itself. Perfection landscaping works those months the way they should be worked: clearing the leaves and fallen limbs off dormant turf, tightening up the borders, getting the yards clean so nothing smothers under a wet winter. Then the green-up comes on fast in late March, and the mowing, edging and trimming start again and hold every week until the frost returns. Hart County yards run from tight town lots to long stretches out along the county roads, and both want the same care. Winter work is what makes the first cut of spring look like something.