Alabama is marsh country — the Iroquois refuge spreads across the middle of it, and in March the snow geese come through by the thousand, loud enough to hear from the road. Alabama Lawn Solutions LLC starts its year about the time the water goes down, raking out the winter's wreckage and getting a first cut on before the grass gets ahead of anybody. From there it runs weekly through the summer: mowing, trimming around outbuildings and propane tanks, an edge cut back along the gravel drive. Ground this flat and this damp grows grass fast, which is a good problem to have and a standing appointment to keep. Come November the leaves come off and the season closes out tidy.