Mist sits low in the Boardman valley most summer mornings, hanging in the cedars until the sun clears the ridge and lifts it off the grass. Boardman Valley Landscaping & Hardscaping works that early hour — mowing, string trimming around trees and posts, edging the walks, then blowing the yard clean. Ground here runs from river bottom to sandhill in the space of a few hundred feet, and each kind of lawn wants a slightly different touch. There's a quiet satisfaction in walking back down a finished yard and seeing one even sweep of green where an hour ago there was shag. That's the work, week after week, through the whole short northern season.