In Watson, snow is not measured in inches — the lake bands come off Ontario, pile against the Tug Hill edge, and keep coming long after the sky over Lowville has cleared. Boz's Landscaping & Exterior Washing plows straight through all of it: driveways and long country approaches opened before the morning drive, banks pushed back so there is somewhere to put the next round, walks cleared, ice treated where the drip line freezes solid. When the Black River finally runs open again the same work turns green — cutting, trimming back what crowds the yard, beds and borders, cleanups once mud season lets go. Out here those are one job, not two: keeping a rural property usable in a place with a great deal of weather. Summer is short in these foothills, and the winter is something to see.