North of Millen the springs at Magnolia run cold and clear straight through August, and the pines standing over them shed needles the whole year long. That is the arithmetic of yard work in Jenkins County: something is always falling, something is always growing, and both of them want a hand. Mean Green Landscaping and Tree Service takes it on — mowing, edging and trimming on a route, landscape beds shaped and mulched, and tree work when a limb starts leaning the wrong way over a roof. There is a particular satisfaction in the last pass of the day, when the clippings are blown off the walk and the lawn holds one clean rectangle of shade. Millen yards ask for that kind of steadiness, and they get it.