Spring arrives on the Surface Creek mesa as blossom — the orchards around Eckert go white and pink almost overnight — and the grass wakes up right behind it. Juans lawncare and general starts the season then, mowing yards back into shape after the wet months and trimming the corners a mower cannot reach. Orchard City spreads across several small settlements, each with its own lanes and yards, and the route moves from one to the next through the long valley daylight. A yard here sits under the Grand Mesa's shadow line, and there is something satisfying about a fresh cut with all that country standing behind it. Simple work, kept faithfully, from the first green through the last warm week.