Man of the Soil 'Landscape Builders'

About Man of the Soil 'Landscape Builders'

A January morning in Vail arrives with frost in the low ground and caliche an inch down that is hard as a countertop — this is a place that makes a person learn their dirt. Man of the Soil 'Landscape Builders' starts exactly there, at ground level, and works up from it: mowing, edging, trimming, cleanup and steady upkeep so a yard keeps its shape right through the year. Grass out here is earned rather than assumed, and it repays attention faster than anything else on the property. When the sun clears the ridge and the frost lifts off a mown lawn in a thin white smoke, it is difficult to want any other line of work. Vail, Corona de Tucson, Mescal and the surrounding valley all fall inside the day's driving.