Head east from Fort Valley on 96 and the land flattens out toward Warner Robins in fields, pines and long driveways. MTZ Landscaping and Tree Service runs that stretch — commercial frontages, church lots, homes set back off the road where a hedge has gotten taller than anybody intended. Hedge and shrub trimming, mowing, edging, hauling off what gets cut: the sort of day that ends with a full trailer and a property you can see the lines of again. Summer here is relentless and everything grows toward the sun at once, so the calendar is what keeps it in hand. There is a particular satisfaction in the before-and-after of an overgrown row brought back square.