Payson lies under the Mogollon Rim with pine and juniper on every side and the East Verde running cold a few miles north. Star Valley Granite Inc. mows, edges and trims yards around town and out toward Star Valley, and clears whatever a season drops on them. Summer means afternoon thunder — clouds piling on the Rim, a hard rain, then an evening so clean the pines look washed — and the grass answers with a growth spurt that keeps the mower busy. Around Green Valley Park the lawns stay green late, and a weekly cut through October holds that look until the cold moves in. Borders cut sharp, clippings gone, a yard that fits its place under the Rim: that is the work, start to finish.