Out along Powder Springs Road the clay shows through wherever the grass gives up, that famous Georgia red that stains a boot and holds a rut all summer. Chaves Greenscape LLC works against it with the plain tools — mowing on a set week, edging the concrete back to a clean seam, trimming, and mulch spread thick enough that the beds stop washing when the July thunderheads come up over the treeline at four in the afternoon. Shrubs get shaped, fence lines get cleared, and the clippings get blown off the drive instead of tracked into the house. Fall means leaves, and plenty of them, hauled out before the first cold rain glues them down. The aim is a yard that looks composed from the curb, week after week, in a climate that never really stops growing.