Along Highway 72 the land opens into hayfields and pasture, and a Colbert property is often as much field as yard. Mead and Colbert Lawncare takes both on — the close work of mowing, edging and trimming around a house, and the wider passes that keep an acre from turning into brush. Northeast Georgia rain comes in bursts, and after a wet week the growth is startling, which is why the calendar matters more than the mood. Late September is the good stretch, the heat finally off and everything still green enough to hold a line. A lot cut all the way to its edges reads open and cared for from the road, and that is the version they aim for.