Gaylord sits on high ground where rivers begin instead of arrive; the water heads off in several directions and the sandy soil drains as fast as it gets rain. WxH yard&snow measures a yard about the way the name suggests — corner to corner, edge to edge, nothing left unfinished in the middle. September is the honest month for the work: mornings cold enough for a jacket, afternoons just about perfect, lawns taking their last good cuts before the light gets short. Cutting, trimming close, clearing off whatever the wind brought down — plain jobs, done at the pace the season sets. When the yard looks square and settled from the road, that is the whole report.