February in Henry County looks like nothing is happening: the bermuda is straw-colored, the mornings are sharp, and the yards out around Lake Dow are all sleeping. Underneath, the year is already being decided. J E Lawn Care & Weed Control works that calendar — weed control timed before the first flush comes up, fertilization matched to how the turf actually wakes, then mowing, edging and trimming once things start moving in April. A lawn treated on time in the cold months is the one that fills in thick and even by June. The look people notice in midsummer was set up months earlier, in weather nobody thinks about.