Water comes to this valley by appointment. When the acequia runs, the whole neighborhood knows it, and a week later the grass shows exactly who was paying attention. Chase Mechanical keeps Peralta lawns on that same honest rhythm — cut on time, trimmed close to the fence posts, the clippings not left sitting on what's underneath. It is unhurried work, done in the shade of cottonwoods that have stood here longer than the road has. The reward is a green square holding its own against a whole county of sand and sage.