Every April the loblollies around Covington let go at once and the whole county goes gold — porches, windshields, the surface of every puddle. Green Pine Lawn Care LLC works straight through that yellow week: mowing, edging, trimming, then driving the pollen and needles off drives and walkways until the concrete is its own color again. Pine straw is a fact of life on these lots, and part of the job is deciding what belongs in the beds and what belongs in the truck. Lawns under pines ask for patience — dappled light, acid needles, roots riding near the surface — and they answer a steady hand. By evening a finished property smells like cut grass and resin, which is Covington in spring, exactly.