Winter in this part of Georgia is a short, bright season, frost silvering the fescue on the hills toward Arcade and burning off by mid-morning. Nichol's Tree & Landscape uses those clear cold days for cleanup work, clearing fallen leaves and yard debris, tidying borders, getting lawns ready for the green that always comes early here. Then February turns and everything moves at once, and the mowing begins again, week after week, with the edger following behind to cut the line between grass and pavement. A yard done right has a shape to it, and holding that shape through a long Georgia growing season is the whole job. The best part is arriving at a place that looks overgrown and leaving it looking settled, before the light goes off the ridge.