By June the North Fork Valley smells like cut grass and irrigation water, and the ditches run full past the orchards on the edge of Hotchkiss. Greg's Lawn Service works that season all the way through — mowing, edging, string trimming and spring and fall cleanups on lawns that grow fast in the valley's long warm light. This is fruit country, a green shelf tucked under the West Elk Mountains, and yards down here turn genuinely lush for anyone who stays after them. A striped lawn with a hard edge along the walk, finished in the cool part of the morning, is a fine thing to leave behind. Lawn care for homes and properties in Hotchkiss and the towns along the North Fork.