Yards in Toccoa rarely lie flat. They tip toward the creeks, stack up in low terraces along the hillsides, and change grade three times between the road and the back fence. M&J Landscape Hardscapes cuts that kind of ground for a living — mowing with the contour, trimming the banks the deck can't hold, edging where turf meets stone and gravel. In April, when the hills fill in green almost overnight, the difference a single mowing makes is startling. The pride here is in a slope that reads as smooth as a level lawn from the driveway, and in the leaves being carried off the terraces before they pack down in the corners.