In May the valley floor between Steamboat Springs and Hayden turns over all at once, brown to green in about ten days, with the last of the snow still lying in the shaded draws. Yampa Valley Landscaping starts its year right there, raking out the winter, opening yards back up and getting mowers onto grass that has been waiting since October. From then until the frost comes back around it is mowing, trimming and hauling, week by week across the valley. Wide country, small details: the strip along the fence, the circle around the mailbox post, the final pass that squares the whole thing off.