April in Armada is all mud and promise — culverts running full, the orchard rows out along 33 Mile still bare, the grass deciding whether to green. Watson's Landscaping starts the season there, raking out winter's leavings, cutting the first growth, tightening up edges that thawed crooked. Through summer it is mowing and trimming on a steady rotation, the kind of upkeep that makes a farmhouse yard look cared for from the road. When the weather turns the other way, the same crew plows drives and clears walks so the mornings stay simple. One town, two seasons of work, and a lot of ground learned by heart.