Stephentown sits in the last valley before the Taconic ridge, where Kinderhook Creek starts small and cold and the hills on the east side hold the last of the light. Andrew Zema's Landscaping, Inc. keeps lawns along Route 22 and up the dirt roads climbing away from it — mowing, trimming, edging, mulching, overseeding, and hauling off what the thaw and the autumn wind leave scattered. Mountain shade means moss where the sun never reaches and thick growth where it does, so no two yards on the same road take the same cut. Done right, the lawn holds its shape against all that mountain behind it.