South of Fort Lupton, out toward Lochbuie and Brighton, new roofs keep going up on ground that grew alfalfa a few years back, and every one of them ends up with a young lawn that needs bringing along. New Era Landscaping & Fence handles that work — mowing, trimming, edging, and the spring and fall cleanups that turn raw sod into a yard somebody is proud of. New grass on the plains is tender stuff; it wants a steady cut and a watchful eye far more than it wants heroics. Give it a few seasons of that and it thickens into something that can take a Colorado August. Watching a street of young lawns knit together is a genuinely good way to spend a summer.