The Fresno winter announces itself with tule fog, a gray ceiling that sits on the lawns until noon and beads every blade. Aaron Lawn Maintenance works those short days anyway — a lighter cut on dormant Bermuda, hedges shaped while they are resting, wet leaves gathered before they mat down and mark the turf. When a storm finally scrubs the sky, the Sierra stands up sharp on the eastern horizon and the yards along the route look ready for it. Come spring the same lawns return thicker for having been kept all winter. This is maintenance measured in weeks rather than in weather.