On the western shoulder of Tug Hill, Denmark takes its winters in feet rather than inches, with the Deer River running down toward the Black. Armando's Tree Service works those farm roads and village lots — dropping spruce and maple that have gotten too heavy for a dooryard, trimming crowns back off barn roofs, pruning so the weight of a snowbelt season has somewhere to go. When a storm finally lets up and the yard is full of broken limbs, the storm damage cleanup runs from the plow bank to the edge of the woods until the ground is clear. Removals get planned around the drive, the wires and the milk truck's turnaround, and they come down where they are supposed to. On a blue March afternoon with the snowbanks shrinking, a swept, open yard is a fine thing to look at.