A Franklin lawn keeps two calendars. From May the grass runs hard off the wet ground near the DelCarte ponds, and Mikes Affordable Landscape answers it weekly — mowing, string trimming, edges cut true along the walk, clippings blown clear. Come November the oaks off King Street let go all at once, and the same hands turn to rakes, blowers and the long haul of the fall cleanup. Then the ground goes hard and the work changes shape entirely: blade down, walks opened, salt where the shade holds ice past noon. One property, four moods, one crew. The reward is small and specific — a yard that looks tended in July and passable in January.