February on the ridge that carries Old Alabama Road out past Winston leaves the lawns a soft dormant tan, waiting on the first warm week to turn them over. Sparta Lawn Care LLC uses that stretch for the honest work — cleanups, cutting back, clearing a winter's litter of sticks and leaves so the green has nothing standing in its way. Then the growing season arrives all at once and the mowing, edging and trimming settle into their weekly beat. There is a particular pleasure in the first cut of the year, when the mower lays down a line that did not exist in January. Douglasville anchors the route, with work carrying out through Douglas County toward Villa Rica and Temple.