The first warm week of March in Brookfield brings everybody outdoors at once, and every yard suddenly shows what the winter did to it. J G Landscaping Ltd. starts right there — clearing away salt-crusted debris, cutting back last year's growth, recutting the bed edges that frost pushed out of line. From there the season settles into mowing, trimming and steady bed care on lots tucked between the rail line and the side streets. Hedges get squared, mulch goes down, and by May the yards look like somebody meant it. It is a village that notices these things.