Second Nature at Reads Creek

About Second Nature at Reads Creek

In the Driftless hills around Readstown, the land does the talking — Reads Creek winding down its valley to meet the Kickapoo, fog sitting in the coulees on September mornings, ridgetops that catch the first and last sun. Second Nature at Reads Creek tends the ground in that landscape, mowing and caring for lawns through the green months and clearing snow when the valley roads turn white. Winter in a coulee is its own art: the drifts pile where the wind funnels between hills, and a well-cleared driveway is the difference between snug and stranded. Summer asks the opposite — grass that grows like it is being paid to, kept in check with steady cutting and a tidy hand. From Readstown up and down the valleys toward Viroqua, Soldiers Grove, and La Farge, the work follows the land, both seasons deep.