North of town the North Fork of the Apalachee runs shallow at Hurricane Shoals, sliding over rock ledges under the pines. AmeriCare Lawn Services works the neighborhoods spread out from that same water — Lawrenceville yards on red clay, where grass grows all summer and asks to be kept. The route is plain and it is honest: mow, trim the fence lines and mailbox posts, edge the walk until the line is straight enough to sight down, then blow the drive clean. Shrubs get trimmed back off the windows and the beds get freshened with mulch. It is a good feeling to pull away from a property that looks like somebody paid attention to it.