In May the benchland south of Fruita greens at its edges and the mule deer come down to graze in the last hour of light, right where the yards give way to rock. Robinson Landscaping works those long evenings — mowing, trimming, tending planting beds, putting a property in shape while the season is still generous. Spring here is short and the valley turns hot in a hurry, so what gets set up well in May carries a yard clear through July. The work lives in the details: a bed with a clean shoulder, a lawn cut even into its corners. Under the cliffs of the Colorado National Monument, a well-kept yard reads like a small deliberate garden.