West of the city the land lies flat all the way to the rail yards, and when the wind sets in from the northwest nothing stops it crossing a parking lot. Hoy Landscaping Inc works that ground in Melrose Park, plowing lots and drives, clearing walks and salting the entries, then turning to mowing, trimming, edging and bed maintenance once the thaw takes hold. Commercial pavement and residential frontage want different things: one has to be open by six in the morning, the other has to look right from the sidewalk at noon. Both come down to timing and finish. Spring cleanups and fall leaf work bracket the year on either side of it.