September mornings in Durango start cold and clear, aspen turning up the high draws, the Horse Gulch trails dusty and gold before the sun clears the rim. Southwest Garden Solutions LLC works the lawns of that season — mowing while there is still growth in it, trimming close, running a clean border where turf meets gravel, then the fall cleanup that readies a property for the long cold. Yards here have to make peace with thin air, sandy ground and Gambel oak pressing in from every fence line, so the care is attentive rather than heavy-handed. In spring the same lots get their wake-up: raked out, cut back, mowed into shape as the valley greens outward from the river. It is an ordinary rhythm, and it makes a street look loved.