East of Jefferson the country opens up toward Talmo and Pendergrass — hay ground, pasture, long fence lines and the low hum of a Piedmont summer. E&E Lawn and Land Management mows and maintains the lawns out in that open ground as well as the tighter lots in town, where a yard ends at a neighbor's hedge instead of a hayfield. Big or small, the routine holds: cut it even, edge it clean, trim what the mower cannot reach, and leave the pavement bare. Out where the sky is that wide, a well-kept yard reads from a quarter mile off. That is a good enough reason to do it right.