Flat ground is a gift right up until it rains, and enough of Zion sits low that water lingers in the same corner of the same yard every spring. V&D landscaping and hardscaping inc takes that on with grade and stone — retaining walls, steps, patios and walkways set to shed water instead of hold it, plus the mowing, mulch beds and cleanups that finish the picture. Late summer is building season here, the long dry stretch when a wall can go up the way it ought to. Then the trucks change over: plowing, shoveling, salting, driveways cleared before the alarm goes off. A yard that drains, a wall that stands and a drive that's open — that's a property working the way it should.