South of the Mohawk the land climbs fast, and the roads out of German Flatts go up into hill pasture where the wind is always a little louder. Big Shot Landscaping mows and maintains lawns up there and back down on the valley floor: cutting, trimming, edging, and clearing the yard out at the turn of each season. Late in the afternoon on a hillside lawn, the stripes catch the low sun and run right off the edge of the property toward the river. That is the part worth doing carefully — the finish you can read from the road before you ever pull in the drive. The route takes in German Flatts, Ilion, Mohawk and the surrounding Herkimer County towns.