Derstine's Landscaping

About Derstine's Landscaping

Shirleysburg lies in the narrow ground where Aughwick Creek runs between Jacks Mountain and the Blacklog ridge, and a valley like that decides its own weather. Derstine's Landscaping works the warm half of the year there — mowing, trimming, edging, mulch and seasonal cleanups on the creek flats and on the yards that tip toward the hillsides — and the cold half with plows, shovels and salt on drives the mountain shade never quite lets thaw. A cleared lane in country like this can be the difference between a normal Tuesday and a truck going nowhere. There is something steadying about tending one small place all the way around the calendar. Huntingdon County asks for that kind of attention, and it gives plenty back.