First light in Pike County comes up over pasture fence and pine, and the grass along the Williamson roads holds its dew long after the trucks have rolled out. C & B Lawn Works, LLC keeps yards here on a steady cut — mowing, edging, string trimming, and a clean blow-down of walks and drives when the work is done. Red clay and Bermuda make their own demands in this part of Georgia; a lawn wants patience through a wet spring and a raised deck in the dry weeks of August. There is a particular satisfaction in the last pass, when the stripes line up and the border by the mailbox post reads sharp as a pencil line. Autumn brings the leaf work, and the cold months bring the tidy-up that lets a yard rest properly.