A mile below Keeseville the river drops into Ausable Chasm and the sandstone walls hold their frost most of the way to May. Spruce Meadow Landscaping works both halves of the year in that country: mowing, trimming, mulching and cleanups through the green months, then plowing driveways, shoveling walks and salting the ice once the cold takes hold for good. North Country winter arrives with intent, a foot overnight and then a hard clear morning, and an open drive under that blue sky pays for the alarm clock. Come spring the same yards want their first cut and the whole cycle starts again. Working both ends means seeing a place all the way around.