January in Decatur is a working month. The lawns are dormant and the hardwoods are bare, which is exactly when you can read a tree — the crossing limbs, the deadwood, the branch leaning out over a roofline — while the camellias go on blooming pink against the cold. Hines Lawn & Tree Service uses that clear season for pruning, limb removal and tree work, then carries the rest of the year with mowing, edging, trimming and hauling leaves off the turf. Cut well in winter, a tree spends the whole spring putting on growth where it should. Come April nobody notices the work; they just notice how much light comes through.