The first real mow of the year comes early in Pike County — March some years, sooner in others — when the dogwoods break white along the fence rows and everything goes yellow with pine pollen for a couple of weeks. AC's Landscaping LLC opens the season then and carries it through: mowing on a rotation, trimming, edging, and keeping beds and borders in order around Williamson. Lots here run to open, pasture-edged ground with red clay showing at the driveway, which makes a clean cut line worth something. By the end of a visit the grass sits even and the walks are blown clear. The view from the road right afterward is the one that counts.