Bartow County clay runs red as brick and will hold a bed line all season once it has been cut in right. DLL Lawn and Landscaping does that work each spring around Cartersville: beds reshaped, weeds pulled, fresh mulch laid dark against green boxwood so the whole front of a house sharpens up in an afternoon. The rest of the year runs on mowing, edging, trimming and blowing, with shrubs kept off the windows and the walk kept clear. Sod goes down on the bare places where shade or foot traffic wore the turf thin. A yard does not need much to look like somebody is paying attention; it needs it regularly.