October in this part of Meriwether County turns the light long and gold, and the clay roads out of Luthersville hold the dust of every truck that passes. Mahone Landscaping runs the fall stretch: cutting while the grass still asks for it, then clearing leaves and pine straw off lawns, beds and gravel edges. Each yard gets its border cut back sharp where the turf tries to creep out over the concrete. There is real satisfaction in a place that looked shaggy at eight in the morning and looks squared away by lunch. When the grass goes dormant, the cleanups keep a yard honest all winter.