There is one morning every spring when the dormant tan of a Sandersville lawn finally breaks into green, and the first cut of the year comes due. Rhodes and Sons is out early on mornings like that, blades fresh, working the deep front lawns of the older streets in town. Once the nights warm, the Bermuda comes on strong and the yard becomes a weekly conversation — mow, run the trimmer around the beds and posts, edge the walk, clear the drive. Washington County heat makes an early start the only sensible one, so the trucks move while the shade still sits on the east side of the houses. By the time the day turns heavy, a whole street has been put right.