Out toward Lyman Lake the country runs juniper and sage to the horizon, and on an August evening the thunderheads stack so tall the whole plateau goes purple underneath them. Paydirt Earth Moving mows in the cool hours on either side of that heat — early, or late enough that shadows lie long across the yard. Edging at the concrete, trimming around posts and rock borders, weeds pulled and treated before they get ahead, clippings and yard debris loaded and gone. High-desert turf wants a slightly taller cut and steady feeding, and given both it holds color right through the dry weeks. There is something plain and good about a trimmed green lawn with sagebrush country starting at the fence.