The first real cool snap usually lands in Dacula around mid-October, and overnight the grass slows down and the whole route gets easier to stay ahead of. Rob's Lawn Maintenance runs that route the rest of the year anyway — mowing and trimming while things grow, edging concrete, then moving to leaf and debris cleanup as the oaks and sweetgums let go. It is one truck's worth of steady work through a town that spreads out fast past the old center. Nothing about it is complicated; all of it is timing. Backing out of a driveway with the walks clean is a small, reliable satisfaction.