On Marion's south edge, where newer subdivisions give way to open country again, the wind still comes across the fields the way it always has, and Prairie Winds Hardscapes LLC works those exposed driveways first, before drift has a chance to build against the retaining walls and paver steps the crew builds the rest of the year. Wind-driven snow doesn't fall evenly out here — it stacks against anything with an edge, which means the same hardscape features that look sharp in July can trap snow all winter unless someone stays ahead of it. The crew clears steps and landings by hand where a plow blade would chip the pavers, then opens the driveway itself with equipment built for the job. Keeping a stone stair walkable through an Iowa January without a single chipped edge is exacting, thankless work, the kind nobody notices until it's done wrong. By the time the wind dies down toward evening, the whole property reads clean again, hardscape and driveway alike.