March in St. Charles is grit and grey — salt crust on the curbs, the last snow shrinking in the north shade, everything waiting on a signal. Fresh Start Lawn Group Inc meets it with the spring clearing: winter debris pulled off the turf, beds emptied, the yard reset before the first cut of the year. From there the season runs on mowing, trimming and edging, and closes when the leaves are raked and hauled away. Then the trucks turn around and it is plowing, shoveled walks and ice control on drives and steps until the thaw comes back around. A whole St. Charles year, finished and begun again.