South of downtown the streets tilt, and a front yard there can fall four feet between the sidewalk and the steps. Cutting a slope like that to one even height is its own skill, and August storms that show up at three o'clock do not help. Flash Landscaping Services works around the weather in quick, complete visits — a level cut across the grade, trimming along retaining walls and stair edges, every walk cleared before the truck moves on. The satisfaction is in the finish: a hillside yard that reads flat and tidy from the street. The city's in-town neighborhoods and the towns bordering them are covered.