In January the hardwoods at The Ridge Nature Area stand bare and you can finally see the shape of Fayetteville's land — low ridges, creek folds, pine stands holding all the green there is. Ce Be De Landscaping does its clearest thinking in that season: beds redefined, shrubs cut back, leaves hauled off, everything set up for what April is going to ask for. Through the warm months the work turns to mowing, edging, trimming and bed upkeep on a steady loop. Winter here is short and mild and mostly gray, which makes it the right time to fix the bones of a yard rather than just its surface. Come the first warm week, the ground is already ready and the grass has somewhere to go.