Yard Exotics and Contractors

About Yard Exotics and Contractors

Out on the West Mesa the ground runs flat to the black volcanic escarpment, and the wind that comes across it in October has opinions about anything left loose. Yard Exotics and Contractors keeps lawns on that side of Albuquerque, where a stretch of green in front of a house is a deliberate thing, held against a lot of open sky. Fall mornings are the good ones, cool enough for long sleeves, balloons drifting somewhere over the valley behind you while the mower lays its rows. The work rewards patience: cut it even, walk the trimmed line back along the base of the wall, gather the leaves and the mesa dust before either can travel. From the far West Side toward Rio Rancho, a yard leaves the crew tidy, squared off and closed up tight against the next gust.