Torrance County wakes up cold and clear most of the year. In Estancia the frost sits late on the shaded side of a fence and the sun has to work for it, and A Nice Yard, LLC times the first cut of the season to that thaw. Mowing, edging and trimming on the high plains means making the most of a short, bright growing stretch, week by week. Cleanups deal with the tumbleweed and the grit a spring blow leaves piled against a porch step. What is left is plain and good — level grass, sharp borders, and a yard that looks glad to be there under all that sky.