Coleman and Son Lawn Service, LLC

About Coleman and Son Lawn Service, LLC

Mound Bayou lies flat under an enormous Delta sky, a town put up in 1887 by men and women who had been enslaved and who built it themselves, board by board. Coleman and Son Lawn Service, LLC keeps its yards and lots — mowing, trimming, edging, and carrying off the clippings when the job is done. Bolivar County soil is deep and black and will grow anything you point it at, so from April onward the grass barely pauses to breathe. Out here you can see a mowed yard from a long way off, a green square set against the fields, and that visibility is its own kind of accountability. Cut straight, edge clean, come back on time: along Highway 61 that is the entire job, and it is enough.