The best smell in Eagle arrives in April, when the frost finally lets go and the whole valley smells like wet dirt and thawing sage. Tended Earth Landscaping starts its year inside that smell — beds cleaned out and turned, mulch laid, winter's grit raked off the turf, and the first cut taken before the grass gets ahead of itself. Then comes the long stretch of mowing and trimming and edging, keeping the line between lawn and bed drawn clearly enough to read from the street. Autumn closes it out with leaves gathered and carried off and the beds tucked back down. Soil first and everything else after — it is a slower way to think about a yard, and by July it shows.