By mid-October the ridges above Ludville turn over all at once — hickory yellow, sourwood red, and Sharp Top standing up out of the color like it always has. Heroes Lawn Care of Mesa keeps north Georgia lawns going through that turn, mowing while the fescue is still pushing and clearing the leaves as fast as the hardwoods drop them. Autumn is the season this foothill country actually rewards a lawn: cool nights, soft ground, grass that thickens if you let it. Mowing, edging, trimming and cleanup, done on time, is what lets it. The yard comes out of fall looking better than it went in.