Georgia earns its nickname in July, when heat settles onto the piedmont and refuses to move until dark. Peach State Landscaping works Hartwell straight through it — early mowing, edging along the walks, trimming out fence lines, beds mulched to hold whatever moisture the clay will keep. Up here near the state line the ground rolls more than it does south of Athens, and every yard has a high side and a low side. Landscaping to that shape, rather than against it, is most of the craft. There is a particular pleasure in leaving a property at noon looking like nobody had to sweat over it.