From the hills in Merrimac the river valley opens wide below you, and in March the ice on Lake Attitash goes gray and rotten inside of a week. Frye's Landscaping Services follows that turn — cleanups as soon as the ground firms up, then mowing, trimming, edging, mulching, weeding, seeding and feeding right through to the leaf work in November. When the valley funnels a storm up from the coast, driveways get plowed, walks and steps cleared by hand, and salt and sand spread wherever grade and shade conspire against a person's footing. Rural drives and village lots both, and both get finished the same way. Merrimac is home, with the lower Merrimack towns nearby.