Bradford is a town of well-built old houses, and a good house deserves ground to match. Rhoades Home Improvement takes care of that ground — mowing and trimming on a regular round, edging the walk so the porch steps have a clean approach, clearing beds and laying mulch. Hillside lots here come with retaining walls, awkward corners and shade thrown by trees older than the street, so each one asks for a slightly different plan. Early in the year the shrubs get the winter pulled out of them; late in the year the leaves come off before the first hard freeze pins them down. The idea is simple: the outside should look as looked-after as the inside.