Spring gets to this part of Georgia early. By late February the pines around Chester are dropping straw, the ditches have gone green, and the season's first cutting is already on somebody's calendar. Southeast Landscapes Partners takes it from there — mowing, edging, string trimming, bed cleanups, mulch, shrub trimming and clearing the walks, week in and week out through a long growing season. Sandy ground drains fast and the grass runs hard after a rain, so the routine is what keeps a lawn even instead of patchy. When the pines shed again in fall, the straw and leaves come off the beds and the grass alike. It is steady work in a quiet place, and a finished yard is easy to spot from the road.