Fog sits in the coves above Turniptown Creek most summer mornings, and it burns off about the time the first mower starts. T-Tom's Lawn Care runs that hour. Cut, trim, edge, blow — a yard in north Gilmer County goes from shaggy to squared away while the day is still cool enough to enjoy it. Mountain grass grows in fits: slow under hemlock shade, fast where the sun clears the ridge, so one lawn can need two different touches in a single visit. What holds it together is showing up on the day, whatever the week's weather decided to do. By afternoon the lines have settled and Rich Mountain stands over a yard that plainly gets looked after.