April at Shirley Center is mud and birdsong, the common softening underfoot and the old meetinghouse standing white against a sky that cannot decide. Prescott Landscaping Inc starts its year right there, with spring cleanups, mowing once the ground firms, then trimming, edging and mulching through the warm stretch and leaf work when the light gets short. Winter hands the crew the other half of the job: plowing driveways, clearing walks and entries, and laying salt or sand where ice sets up in the shade of the pines. Shirley holds long dirt-drive properties and tight village lots at the same time, so the work changes shape from one address to the next. What holds steady is the finish, a lawn with a crisp border and a driveway opened wide all the way to the road.