Meeker sits in a green valley cut through dry country, where the White River and a long history of irrigation ditches decide exactly how far the color reaches. Emerald City Lawn Care keeps that green in order — mowing, edging, trimming and clearing yards through a summer that comes on fast and leaves early. In June the cottonwoods along the river are full and the grass wants cutting twice a week; by late September the fairgrounds turf is going gold and the work shifts to cleanup. Watching a shaggy lawn turn crisp in a single afternoon never gets old. Town lots, river places and homes strung along Highway 13 all get worked into the week.