El coyol yard

About El coyol yard

At noon the light in Wasco comes down straight and hard, and the only shade on some blocks is what a palm or an ash has been standing there long enough to make. El coyol yard works right through it — mowing, trimming along fences and posts, clearing the cuttings before the afternoon wind carries them into the street. Anyone who has kept grass alive on this ground knows it is a bargain struck with water and attention, and a good cut is how you honor the bargain. Highway 43 runs the town north to south, and the yards on the side streets off it tell you who has been paying attention. Theirs say it without saying anything.