July builds its thunderheads over the Jemez by early afternoon, and by four the rain reaches Bernalillo all at once or not at all. JD Landscaping works around that clock — mowing and trimming in the cool of the morning, cleanup once a storm has scattered branch litter and washed gravel across the walk. Monsoon grass grows fast and then quits, so the cutting schedule bends to the sky rather than the calendar. Keeping up with maintenance through those weeks is what stops a lawn from going ragged by August. When the clouds break and the wet creosote smell drifts in off the mesa, a freshly cut yard is a fine thing to stand in.