Everything green in Silverthorne is an argument with dry air. At 8,730 feet the sun works harder and the wind pulls moisture out of turf by mid-morning, so AJ And A Rake Landscaping and Irrigation builds its year around water — heads set and lines charged once runoff has settled in the creeks, then blown clear again before the ground locks up in autumn. In between come the mowing, the trimming, the raking, the beds cut back and tidied. A lawn that holds its color through a dry August at this elevation is not luck; it is a system, checked and adjusted. There is a real satisfaction in watching a spray arc catch the late sun and land exactly where it was aimed.