Burke County runs wide and low: pine plantation, plowed field, and a road that goes straight for miles before it bends. Keysville sits in the middle of that, and First Choice Lawn LLC keeps its yards mowed, edged and trimmed through a season that starts in March and does not quit until frost. Heat settles in early here, so cuts happen while the morning still has some cool left in it. When the cotton comes out in the fall, dust hangs over everything and clearing the walks and drives is half the finish. A tight lawn under that big sky reads plainly from the far end of a long driveway.