At Brushy Fork the fog fills the hollows first and leaves the high pastures standing clear above it, and anyone out early gets to watch it drain away down the creek line. Blair's Lawn Maintenance starts the day in that cool air, mowing, trimming and edging yards laid out on ground that rarely offers a level acre. Mountain lawns run to slopes and rock edges, so the work is as much about knowing where to turn the mower as about cutting the grass. When it is done right, the yard reads as one continuous green from the porch to where the woods take over. Up here the growing season is short and sweet, and none of it gets wasted.