South toward Whitewater the sagebrush takes over and the wind comes up the Gunnison with nothing at all to slow it. P and B LLC works the softer ground between there and Grand Junction — mowing, trimming, edging, feeding and aerating lawns through the warm months, hauling leaves once they come down. Winter puts a plow on the truck: drives and lots opened, walks shoveled, ice treated before first light. A yard kept sharp against that much open country reads as a deliberate act, and that is most of the appeal of doing it.