Fog sits low over the hayfields east of McDonough on October mornings, and it burns off about the time the first mower fires up. Cooper Lawn & Landscaping starts early out that way — mowing, edging, trimming, then working the beds with fresh mulch and shaping shrubs back off the walkway. Fall is a working season down here, not a resting one: fescue wants overseeding, the leaves keep coming, and the bermuda needs a clean last cut. The country toward Jackson still runs to pasture and pine, and a well-kept yard sits easy in that kind of landscape. The work shows most on an ordinary Tuesday, weeks after it was done.