February in Chemung has a trick to it. The afternoon runs above freezing, meltwater sheets down the drive apron toward the road, and then the sun drops and the whole thing turns to glass by seven. Plant Garden Landscaping works that cycle deliberately — clearing the snow down to the surface so there is nothing left to melt, then treating the walk and the apron before the refreeze can take hold. Ice near a front step is the thing that actually hurts people out here, more than any single foot of snowfall. A drive that is dry and gray under a February streetlight is a small piece of engineering, and it is the result worth showing up for.