Saguaros stand all over the slopes between the freeway and the Bradshaw foothills, arms up, watching the valley wake. Western Cactus Yard Maintenance starts about the time those arms catch the first sun: gravel raked back to level, cactus and desert shrubs trimmed off the walkways, dead cholla and fallen limbs carried out, dust and litter cleared from the drive. Desert yards do not need constant fussing, but they do need a real going-over often enough to stay crisp instead of shaggy. There is a particular pleasure in a rock yard done properly, with swept lines, plants given room, and nothing lying where it fell. By the time the heat means business, the truck is already down the road.