Berlin lies in a narrow fold of the Taconic hills, where the Little Hoosic runs cold beneath the Route 22 bridges and Berlin Mountain keeps the sun a little longer than the valley floor ever does. Mornings here begin in shadow; by nine the light has come down off the ridge and every lawn between the road and the treeline is steaming. That is when Sunnyside Landscape and Lawn Care LLC gets moving — mowing, trimming, edging along stone walls laid long before the grass was, and clearing the leaves and brush of spring and fall cleanups. There is a real satisfaction in the last pass of the day: stripes running true across an uneven hillside yard, the edge cut clean where turf meets gravel drive. The valley hands you slope, ledge and shade, and the answer to all three is patience and a sharp blade. Come evening the mountain takes the light back, and the yard stays tidy underneath it.