By late October the oaks and hickories around Rockmart let go all at once, and every yard in Polk County disappears under an inch of brown. HUGHES LAWN SERVICE spends those weeks giving them back — mowing, edging, trimming, blowing and hauling until the turf shows again. There is something satisfying about a lawn raked bare and green while the woods behind it are still coming down. Edges get redrawn one last time before the grass goes dormant for the winter. It leaves a place looking settled and ready, waiting on spring.