Martin wakes slowly, with mist still lying in the low ground east of town toward the Tugaloo and the lake backwaters. Aaron's Lawn Care meets that hour, decks set and the dew burning off the Bermuda by the time the first pass is finished. The work is mowing, edging, string trimming along fence lines and mailbox posts, and blowing every walk and drive clean before leaving. In this pocket of Stephens County the red clay sits close to the surface and grass has to be coaxed along, so a yard kept on a steady rhythm reads as a small act of attention. By late morning the property holds one clean line from the road to the porch step, and that line is the whole point.