North of where the Chattahoochee gathers itself, the land folds into low ridges, and Gainesville sits right in them. Ross Landscapes LLC works those slopes: mowing lots that lean, trimming along retaining walls and fence corners, edging drives until the concrete reads clean. In early summer the dew lies heavy enough to hold a wheel track, so the day begins once the sun has taken it off the blades. Autumn out toward Chicopee Woods turns hickory-yellow and drops fast, and the leaf work begins. Every stop ends the same way — nothing on the sidewalk, nothing in the street, only cut grass and a straight edge.