The fields out along Shaker Road hold the wind and the last of the snow longer than the rest of Westfield, and spring gets there a week late every year. Willey Landscaping LLC starts when it does — cleanup first, then the season of mowing, string trimming, edging and mulch that runs until the oaks let go in October. Winter reverses the whole operation: plows on, driveways opened, walkways shoveled clear, salt on the ice that forms where meltwater crosses the pavement. Storms in this valley like to come at night and quit by morning, which sets the working hours whether you like them or not. The measure of it is simple — grass in summer that looks cut on purpose, pavement in winter you can walk on.