Pomeroy is pressed into the narrow shelf between the hill and the Ohio River, and nearly every driveway in this part of Meigs County tilts one way or the other. Little's Landscape & Excavation LLC works both halves of the year here: mowing, trimming and edging through the humid green months, then plowing, shoveling and salting when a January storm turns those pitched drives into a problem. River fog settles in the valley on winter mornings, and cutting a clean track through fresh snow before daylight is a good way to begin a day. In summer the reward comes in a different key — a sloped yard cut evenly top to bottom, edges held true where the grass meets the steps. Middleport and the river towns nearby share the route.