Chatsworth red clay is honest material — it holds a grade beautifully and turns to soup the day after a hard rain. Mitchell Skidsteer Services works with that temperament: skid steer grading, lot and brush clearing, driveway shaping and gravel spread, plus the lawn care that comes once the dirt is finally where it belongs. Getting water to leave a property the right way is half of every job out here at the foot of the mountains. Do that part correctly and the turf above it has a chance. There's something plainly good about a lot that used to be a thicket and is now just open ground, waiting.