Spring arrives in Putnam County in a rush — redbud first along the fencerows, dogwood a week behind it in the yards, and then the grass wakes up all at once and the mowers come out of the shed. Noles Landscapes meets it at the front: the first cuts of the year, edges recut where winter blurred them, beds refreshed with fresh mulch, new plants set while the ground is still easy to work. Landscape work in the Georgia piedmont is mostly a matter of staying ahead of a growing season that runs long and runs hard. Through summer the routine holds — mowing, trimming, blowing, week on week. What that buys is a yard in Eatonton that looks intentional every day, not only the day after it's cut.