Hogan Pond freezes early and Oxford's back roads take the wind straight across open ground, which is why winter mornings here start hours before anyone's coffee. Richardson Landscape Service plows driveways and lots, shovels walks and spreads sand and salt, then trades the blade for the mower once the frost heaves settle. Summer brings mowing, trimming, edging and the spring and fall cleanups that make the rest possible. The best moment of the whole year might be a dooryard opened clean at five in the morning, curb to garage door, before the school buses run. Come July it's the mirror image — a cut lawn, a swept walk, and a truck already headed to the next place.