Rutland lies where the Black River flats begin to climb toward Tug Hill, and the ground shows it — a lawn here can be flat as a table or tilted like a barn roof. Hill Landscaping mows both kinds. Grass cutting, trimming, edging and cleanups, run on the schedule this country actually keeps: a late green-up, a fast June, and a stretch of August when everything grows twice. Watching a slope come out even, pass after level pass, is its own small reward. From the top of one you can see the whole hollow laid out and freshly cut.