March and April send the wind across this mesa for days at a stretch, filling the arroyos with dust and testing anything that has been planted. Ruff N' Tuff Landscaping & Maintenance LLC takes yards through it — mowing once the grass wakes up, trimming along walls and posts, cutting back overgrowth, clearing drifted debris out of corners and beds. Hard ground and hard weather make for straightforward work: show up, cut it straight, leave it clear. By July the lawns that got that treatment are the ones standing thick through the heat. A yard ought to look tough enough for the country it sits in and still be a pleasure to cross barefoot.