Jackalope Mowing Co.

About Jackalope Mowing Co.

North Woodbury sits down in Morrisons Cove, a long limestone valley held between the ridges, where the hay comes off the fields in July and the whole township smells green for a week. Jackalope Mowing Co. runs its routes through that heat, cutting in straight passes with the stripe following the lay of the land, trimming close along the fence posts and the porch skirts, edging the walk to a clean line. Spring starts with a cleanup that gets winter's litter off the yard; fall ends with leaves gathered before the first hard frost pins them down. Between the ridge shadows in the morning and the long gold light at supper time, there are worse offices in Blair County. A yard cut well in the Cove looks like it belongs to the valley — trim, open, and easy on the eye.