US-287 runs the length of this stretch of the Front Range, and Berthoud sits along it between Loveland and Longmont, farm ground on both shoulders and new streets filling in between. Northern Colorado Landscaping works that corridor at both ends of the year: mowing, trimming, edging and cleanups while the days are long, then plowing, sidewalk clearing and ice control once they've gone short. Weather here is local to the mile — one town takes four inches while the next gets a dusting and a hard wind. Knowing which is which is most of the job. Either way, somebody's drive is open by morning.