A February morning here starts black and stays that way a while, frost stiffening the marsh grass out past the road while plow lights swing up one driveway after another. The NL Group runs the winter side hard — plowing drives and lots, clearing walks and entries, salting the shaded spots where ice keeps re-forming — and then turns to the growing season with mowing, trimming, edging and seasonal cleanups. Snow country and oak country want different tools and the same habit: show up, finish it, leave nothing half-done. A driveway opened at five in the morning and a lawn cut in July are the same promise kept twice. Lake Barrington and the nearby Barrington-area towns.