Dawn strikes Rocky Face Ridge before it reaches the fields below, and north Whitfield County spends a few minutes in two kinds of light at once. Straw Outdoor Services, LLC is usually loading up about then, headed out to mow and trim yards around Cohutta, Varnell and Tunnel Hill. The bottoms near the Conasauga grow grass fast and thick; the higher lots dry out sooner and want a taller cut — one county, two different lawns. Autumn brings the pine needles down in earnest, and clearing them off before they mat is the difference between a yard that comes back in spring and one that sulks. Every visit ends the same way: edges defined, clippings off the concrete, gate latched behind you.