April in the South Platte bottoms is a slow green rumor — the cottonwoods leaf out last, and the lawns wake up while the river still runs cold off the mountains. A Tree Of Life Trimming Services works those first warm weeks in Fort Lupton, mowing, trimming and hauling off the debris winter left behind so a yard can begin the season clean. Through summer it is steady upkeep; by November it is leaf work and one last low cut before the ground hardens. When storms cross Weld County, the same outfit goes out for snow, plowing and shoveling driveways, walkways and lots back open. A kept yard and a cleared path are the same promise, made in two different months of the year.