East of Valdosta the land flattens toward the Alapaha, and Naylor sits in that stretch of pine and cypress where the roads run straight and the sky takes up most of the view. Spring is early and generous here; by March the yards are already asking for a cut, and they do not stop asking until deep into fall. That means a season of weekly work — mowing, edging along the drives, string-trimming fence lines back to something square, leaving the walks clean. A Lowndes County yard kept on schedule is a simple, satisfying thing to see from the road. Doing it week after week, in that heat, is the whole craft.