Pavo wakes slowly, the longleaf pines past the town line holding onto the night air a while after the sky goes gray. Mule Creek Land Consulting starts the mowers in that cool hour, when the grass still carries moisture and the blades cut clean instead of tearing. Lawns here run wide and open, framed by old tobacco barns and field edges that want a straight line to look cared for. The work is mowing, edging, trimming and hauling off whatever the season has dropped, and the reward is a yard that carries a clean line from the porch all the way to the road. By the time the south Georgia heat sits down on Thomas County for the day, the route is behind them and every lawn on it looks like somebody loves it.