By January the turf around Jackson has gone the color of straw and the pines stand darker for it, frost silvering the low yards until the sun clears the treeline. Turf Masters Lawn Care of Jackson uses those months for the ground work — leaves off, edges re-cut, everything squared before the green comes back. And it comes back fast: by late April Butts County is mowing weekly again, with string trimming around every post and the drives blown off at each stop. A lawn that holds a straight line all the way to the curb is what the route is built around. Summer here is long and the grass never quits, so neither does the calendar. Out toward Flovilla, Jenkinsburg and Locust Grove, it's the same rhythm week after week.