The back roads above Milton — the ones that climb toward Cobble Hill and lose the radio signal — freeze first and thaw last. Ketchum Property Maintenance knows those grades in both directions: plowing and sanding a steep dooryard in February, then mowing that same slope in July with the river valley opening out below. Cleanups bookend the warm season, hauling off leaves in October and winter's sand in April. It's plain work — a walkway you can carry groceries across, a lawn cut close and even right to the treeline. Living up a hill in Vermont shouldn't mean living with a driveway you can't get out of.