Newton sits above the Embarras, close enough to the timber that river fog settles in the low yards on a spring morning until the sun burns it back. Gary Galloway Lawn Care runs the mowing week across that country — the shaded lots near the square, the wide open ones out toward Sam Parr and Newton Lake where the wind never quits. Straight stripes, square corners, the trimmer line kept off the bark of young maples: it is a short list, and it is the whole job. Spring cleanups pull the winter litter out of the beds and fencerows, and autumn means leaves, oak and hickory both, in quantity. A Jasper County yard mowed on schedule all season looks better in November than one fussed with twice in July.