Above Plymouth the wooded ridges of the Mattatuck hold oak and hickory right up to the town line, and in a hard October wind you can hear which limbs are ready to let go. Alex's Tree Service LLC works among those trees and the lawns that lie beneath them, taking down what has finished and opening sky back over a yard. Through the growing months the mowing keeps its own rhythm, week to week, until the grass stands even from stone wall to stone wall. Then the cold arrives off the Litchfield hills and the trucks go out for snow instead. It is honest outdoor labor, done where the high ground begins its long fold toward the Naugatuck.