Look southwest from the high ground in Kingston on a clear day and the Shawangunk Ridge lies along the horizon like a pale wall, white rock above dark pine. Mohonk Landscaping takes its name from that country and works the ground beneath it — mowing, planting and landscape upkeep from thaw through leaf-fall, plowing and clearing once the ridge stays white for good. Storms funnel up the Wallkill and Rondout valleys and stall against that wall of rock, which is why a Kingston winter often looks nothing like the forecast. Being ready is most of the job: trucks loaded, salt on hand, drives opened while it is still dark out. And in June the payoff is a lawn cut and edged with the whole ridge standing behind it.