A June morning in Ludowici starts wet — dew on everything, mist lifting off Beards Creek, and the heat already waiting inside the pines. A cut for less lawn care service is out in it early, mowing, trimming around posts and fence lines, edging the drive, and blowing sand and clippings back off the concrete. Long County soil is sandy and quick to dry, so a lawn down here rewards a steady weekly rhythm more than anything else. By midmorning the yard is even, the borders are drawn, and the gnats can have the rest of the day. Ludowici, Jesup, Glennville, Gum Branch and Walthourville are the usual stops.