Winter thins this part of Pickens County to its bones: bare hardwood on the ridgelines, pasture gone tan, the road toward Jasper visible through the trees. TRU Exteriors and Construction Services LLC handles the lawn side of that calendar — cutting and edging all through the warm months, then clearing the leaf fall so a yard enters the cold looking cared for rather than left alone. When the grass wakes again in the branch bottoms below town, mowing starts back on a weekly turn the neighbors could set a clock by. A tight border where turf meets drive, clippings off the walk, nothing left for a homeowner to finish. Done over and over, that is the entire trade.