Up on Sand Mountain the ground is exactly what the name promises — sandstone ledges, thin sandy soil, and wind that crosses the plateau with nothing standing in its way. The valley floor lies far below, and weather gets here first, whether it is an April squall or a January cold that settles in and stays. Sands Lawn Service keeps the yards and open lots along the mountain roads cut: mowing, trimming around ledges, posts and fence rows, edging drives, and sweeping the cuttings off the concrete. Grass on the plateau keeps its own calendar, greening later in spring and holding later into fall than the ground down in the valley. A mown yard with the whole ridge standing behind it hardly needs anything more.