Patton's Property Maintenance

About Patton's Property Maintenance

Port Royal was a busy colonial port on the Rappahannock, and its old brick and frame houses still face the wide water where tobacco cargoes once loaded. In early spring the river runs high and brown with rain from upstream, bald eagles work the shoreline, and every yard in this Caroline County town wakes up green. Patton's Property Maintenance starts the season then, raking out winter's fallen sticks and debris, then taking the first cut so each yard begins the growing season clean. Through the warm months the work keeps that first neatness going, with even cuts, tidy edges and clippings swept from the walks of a town that has watched this river for centuries. It is careful, steady work in a place that rewards a long look.