Fog sits low in the flatwoods around Shawnee at first light, caught in the slash pine and burning off slow as the sun climbs. Mill Creek Lawn Solutions starts the day inside it, mowing yards while the air is still cool enough to be worked in. Down here the sandy ground holds heat and the grass runs hard from March into October, so the mowing comes around every week without letting up, with edges kept crisp and the trimmer carried around every post and pine trunk. Clippings get blown off the drive and back into the lawn where they belong. By the time the fog is gone, the yard is cut, cleared and squared up for the week.