At first light the creek bottoms below Crawfordville hold their mist like a lid, and it lifts about the time the dew has dried enough to cut. Nolan's Lawn Service LLC starts there in late summer — mowing, working the trimmer around trees and fence corners, edging the walks true, blowing the drive off behind the mower. Beds get weeded and mulched, shrubs get shaped, and by November the leaf work takes the lead. Taliaferro clay will grow a tough lawn if the height is right and the blades are sharp, and both get watched. There is real pleasure in a yard that looks intentional from the road.