Late summer at the edge of Marion is bog country — flat green squares held in sand, pitch pine standing around them, the light going heavy and yellow by four o'clock. Papa's Fuels & Lawn Care spends that season in the yards between there and the water, mowing on schedule, trimming out the corners a mower can't reach, keeping beds and walk lines clear. Sandy ground and full sun mean a Marion lawn can go from lush to tired in two weeks without steady cutting and feeding, and it shows either way. Autumn brings the real labor, oak and pine coming down in waves until every yard needs clearing twice over. The pleasure is in the last pass of the day, when the lines run even and the whole place looks calm.