Burlington wakes with the Green Mountains standing east of it, Camel's Hump still holding a rim of shadow while the first mowers start up down on the flats. Alpine Valley Landscaping works those early hours, when dew still weighs the grass and every pass leaves a stripe you can read from the sidewalk. Mowing, trimming, edging, mulched beds and the long haul of spring and fall cleanups — the work is plain, and the result is a yard that looks like someone loves it. Vermont summers are short here, so June gets spent well and nothing is put off to next week. By the time the valley heat lifts off the pavement, the lawns are cut and the clippings are gone.