By September the light in this stretch of Eagle County turns the color of dry grass, and a mown lawn stands out against it like something deliberate. Natural Wonders Landscaping Colorado works the yards around McCoy — mowing, string trimming, edging, and hauling off what the season drops once the wind starts coming down from the Flat Tops. Grass grows hard at seven thousand feet; it takes water, patience, and a blade kept sharp enough to cut clean rather than tear. A freight train sounds along the river most afternoons, and the work goes on around it, one property at a time, until the shadows reach across the road. The pleasure is in the after: a yard that looks cared for from the highway, no matter how big the country around it gets.