Norcross speaks a dozen languages within a mile of Buford Highway, and a well-kept yard is understood in all of them. Amara Lawn Care Services works those blocks where bakeries, groceries and small storefronts sit shoulder to shoulder, and where the houses behind them want their grass held in order. Mowing, trimming and edging; weeds pulled back off the fence line; beds given a clean shoulder of mulch. In May the mornings come soft and green and the work goes quickly, while in August you start early and finish before the pavement turns to iron. Either way the same thing is left behind, a yard that looks tended, which is its own kind of welcome.