Morning comes to Buchanan over the courthouse hill, and by the time traffic picks up on 27 the dew is still holding in the grass. Aiken Lawn & Landscape LLC works these Haralson County yards the way the land asks — mowing the long slopes even, edging walks and drives until the line between green and concrete is a single clean stroke. Red clay and pine shade make for particular lawns out here, thin in some corners and thick in others, and each one gets read before the first pass. Trimming takes the fence posts and the mailbox, and then the clippings are blown back off the pavement, so what's left is only the yard, opened up and tidy. There's a plain pleasure in walking back down the drive and seeing the stripes run straight out toward the road.