For about ten days every April, Cumming goes yellow — pine pollen on every windshield, dogwoods lit up along the older streets near the courthouse square, and the grass suddenly awake. Think Green Lawn Service opens the mowing season right there, taking the first cut of the year and setting a rotation that holds through the long green months. Edging tightens the lines winter blurred, trimming reaches the fence corners, and a final pass leaves drives and porches clear. Something about a first mow is plainly hopeful: the smell of it, the stripes, the yard looking like itself again. From that week until the leaves come down, the schedule keeps.