East of town the Alcovy River winds through bottomland hardwoods, and this county keeps that habit — a little wild at the edges, tidy where it counts. WildLawn Lawncare LLC works that boundary in Covington's yards: mow the open ground, trim the line where lawn meets treeline, and make the difference between the two a decision instead of an accident. Autumn is the long stretch, when the sweetgums and hickories give it all up at once and the leaves have to come off the grass. The rest of the year runs on mowing, edging, trimming and blowing, week after week, so a yard never has to be rescued. There is a plain pleasure in the last pass, when the blower goes quiet and the shape of the place comes back.