Northwest of Adrian the land finally lifts into the Irish Hills, where the growing season starts a week late and quits a week early compared with town. Smith's Nursery & Landscaping works both ends of that calendar — mowing, trimming and cleanups through the green months, then plowing drives, clearing walks and salting once the first hard freeze locks the ground. The late-September morning when frost outlines every blade is the hinge, and the tools change hands. What carries across is attention: grass cut at the right height holds up to a dry August, and a drive plowed to its true edges holds up to the second storm. Adrian and the lake country above it deserve yards that look after in both halves of the year.