You can hear Granite Falls before you see it: the South Fork of the Stillaguamish pouring over its rock ledges just outside town, loud with snowmelt in June. This is where the Mountain Loop Highway begins its climb into the Cascades, and Mount Pilchuck rises over the rooftops with snow clinging to its shoulders into early summer. EverValue Lawn Service mows and trims the lawns of this foothill town through the weeks when everything grows at once. Each yard gets a straight-lined cut and tidy borders, a bit of calm set against the roar of the river and the dark wall of forest beyond. Granite Falls keeps the mountains at its back door, and a well-kept lawn is a good way to greet them.