North of town the Ohio Creek road runs between hay meadows that get flooded every spring, and for a week the whole valley smells like wet grass. Mannella Landscaping and Lawn Services works that stretch and the streets back in Gunnison, mowing, trimming, aerating and clearing out whatever the winter left behind. Ranch country teaches a certain respect for water and for grass, and it shows in how a lawn gets cut and when. The first pass across a yard that's finally dry enough to hold a mower is a good morning's work. Lawn care for Gunnison, the Ohio Creek valley and the roads between.