East of Petersburg the roads run straight on the section lines, and the drifts build wherever a fence row breaks the wind. Beard Landscaping & Services LLC works that country both ways around the calendar: mowing, trimming and edging through the growing season, with the debris blown clear of drives and the lines held clean. Then the cold settles in and it becomes plowing, shoveling and salting — long farm lanes opened end to end, steps and walkways cut down to solid footing. Out this far a cleared drive is not a convenience, it is how the day is able to start. The pride is in getting there before anybody has to ask twice.