Sandhill cranes pass over Orland Grassland in March, invisible and unmistakable, and a few days later the first green shows in the low spots. Rodak Landscaping takes that as the signal: winter litter off the turf, matted grass opened up, the season's first cut once the ground quits squelching. From there it is weekly work — mowing, trimming, a crisp line where lawn meets pavement — through a summer that hands this town more growth than anyone expects. Autumn brings the leaves down, and they get cleared before they smother anything. The prairie out there keeps its own calendar; a lawn keeps a version of the same one.