Green is not the default color in this part of Colorado; it is something a person keeps on purpose, a few inches at a time, all summer long. Elite Lawn Care mows, edges and trims yards around Wiggins, where the South Platte cottonwoods make the only real shade for miles and the lawns beneath them work hard for their color. Evenings in June are the good hour — the heat finally lets go, sprinklers start up down the block, and a fresh-cut yard makes a whole week look like it went right. Cleanups in spring and fall bookend the season, hauling out everything the plains wind has delivered. Straight passes, tidy corners, a yard that looks looked-after: that is the whole ambition.