Park Rapids sits on the seam where prairie gives way to pine, and the sandy ground there takes a rain fast and dries faster still. Flying W Gardens works those yards straight through the growing season — mowing, trimming the edges of beds and walks, and carrying the clippings off rather than leaving them to mat down. Mornings begin with dew still on the grass and finish before the wind comes up off the open country to the south. The spring pass gets beds and turf breathing again after the snow; the autumn one puts everything down for the winter. Straightforward work, and the result reads clearly from the road.