Southeast of downtown the city loosens into open ground, and sunrise comes across the plains with nothing standing in its way. ZR Landscaping Colorado Springs starts its mowing routes in that early light, working through yards with the edging and trimming that make a lawn look finished rather than merely cut. Out this direction the wind is constant and the soil runs sandy, so a lawn that stays thick is one tended on a schedule instead of whenever it starts to look rough. The reward is the last look back: stripes running straight, borders clean, the walks blown off. Routes cover Colorado Springs, Fountain, Security-Widefield and the neighborhoods laced between them. Big sky, plain work, and a yard that shows it.