Dallas Creek meets the Uncompahgre just above town, and by mid-October the willows along both are bare and the first snow is already sitting on the peaks at the head of the valley. Modern Landscaping turns with that date — the last mow, the leaves off, and the plow trucks made ready for whatever comes down the valley first. Winter is drives opened, lots pushed back, walks scraped and ice treated through the dark half of the year. Summer is the weekly cut, the tight trim along walks and fence lines, and the cleanup that opens the ground each spring. Ridgway asks for both kinds of work, and both get shown up for.