In Hopkinton the dooryards run right up to the road — stone walls half-swallowed by fern, maples leaning over the pavement, gravel drives bending out of sight toward the Contoocook. Winnepocket Landscaping keeps lawns along these hill roads mowed and tidied through the growing months, and when the weather turns, the truck is out ahead of the light, pushing driveways open so the day can start on time. There is a plain satisfaction in the work: the last pass of the mower laying a clean line against a wall that has stood there longer than the road, a raked yard breathing after the leaves come down, a dooryard cleared dark and wide while the sky is still full of stars. Between Contoocook village and the farms out toward Webster and Warner, the yards they tend hold their shape in every month of the year.