The hills south of Buffalo bunch up around Boston, and Eighteen Mile Creek cuts down through hemlock ravines cold enough to hold their mist all morning. Boston Tree Services works those slopes: tree removal on steep ground where the drop zone is measured in inches, tree trimming and pruning to open a crowded yard back up toward the ridge. Erie sends its snow inland by the foot, and the wet loads bend hardwoods until something gives, so storm damage cleanup means the drive cleared before the school bus and the brush chipped out of the yard. In October the same hills go orange and the work turns to easing weight off the maples ahead of the first heavy fall. Boston, North Boston, Hamburg, Eden, Colden, Orchard Park and Springville are the home ground.