Pecan trees around Lakeland go bare late, dropping October in slow handfuls over lawns that are only just beginning to ease off. King Of Lawn Care LLC keeps up on both counts — mowing while there's still growth to take, clearing leaves and straw as they come down, edging so the drive holds its line into winter. Autumn light down here runs long and gold, and a cut, cleared yard beneath it is a fine thing to pull up to. The routine is unglamorous and it works: mow, trim, edge, blow, move on to the next. Lakeland and the Lanier County roads around it, week after week.