Double S Lawn Services

About Double S Lawn Services

North of town, where Pipestem Creek slows into the still water behind Pipestem Dam, Double S Lawn Services works the cul-de-sacs and looping streets that back up against that quiet shoreline. Snow off Pipestem Lake blows different than snow in the open country — it drifts against fences and piles soft against garage doors — and the crew has to judge each yard for where the wind actually left its weight. A push broom finish along the walk, a clean apron at the driveway mouth, the mailbox dug free before the carrier's route: small things, done in order, on repeat. Ice on these northside streets can hide under a dusting of fresh powder, so the sand goes down before the smooth skin of the surface can trick anybody. By midmorning the loop above the dam looks like nothing ever fell, the lake sitting frozen and silent just past the last cleared driveway.