Where the river bends the land flattens into pasture and the pines give way to hardwood, and that is the country River Bend Landscape Group, LLC works. Around Little River and the shorelines nearby, lawns are mowed on a rotation, with an edge cut back along the drive and the trimmer taken where the mower runs out of room. August evenings hold their heat long past sundown, and the grass keeps climbing right through them. Mulch and bed cleanup keep the plantings from disappearing into the summer's growth, and leaf work follows once the hardwoods turn. A yard finished at golden hour, with the water lying quiet below it, looks like a place minding itself.