There is a week each November on the ridge by Newtown Battlefield when the mowers get their last run and the plow blade comes down off the wall — the Elmira calendar turns on a hinge like that. R & R Landscaping works both sides of it: mowing, trimming and seasonal cleanups while the valley is green, then plowing, shoveling and salting once the Southern Tier starts stacking inches. Knowing a property in July helps enormously in February; you already know where the drain sits, where the bank can go, which corner the wind loads first. The pleasure is in the handoff — a lawn put to bed in good order, then a drive opened before the workday begins. Same yards, same care, two very different mornings.