Drakes Landscapes

About Drakes Landscapes

A Pembroke nor'easter announces itself in the pines — the tall stands out toward Bear Brook start moving hours before the first flake reaches the pavement. Drakes Landscapes plows through those nights, running driveways and lots off Route 28 and the back roads, then coming around again as the storm keeps adding to it. The trick is never the first eight inches; it's the wind afterward, filling in the same lane you just opened. Sand and salt go where the grade argues, and the piles go wide so February still has somewhere to put things. By the time the sky clears and the light comes up blue over the snow, the driveways are already open.