Waters of the Jordan Landscape

About Waters of the Jordan Landscape

Rain does not visit this valley often, but when a January storm finally comes over the Santa Lucias the creeks around Atascadero fill up overnight and the hills answer in about a week, turning a green so sudden it looks borrowed. Waters of the Jordan Landscape works with that turn — the first mowings of the wet season, edges recut where winter softened them, beds weeded, and the leaves and windfall of the storms cleared off the grass. Wet ground asks for a lighter hand and better timing, and getting a lawn cut clean without leaving a single scar in the sod is its own quiet accomplishment. By the time the sun breaks through over Paloma Creek the yards look rinsed and combed, ready for the long bright stretch ahead. Atascadero, Santa Margarita and Templeton all green up on the same schedule, and this crew keeps pace with it.