January light in Springfield comes in thin and blue, and the oaks over toward the Fort Custer ground stand black against snow that squeaks underfoot. Cutting Edge LawnCare & Landscape is out in it early, plowing drives and lots, shoveling walkways, salting the strips of shade where the sun never quite reaches. Come April the trucks trade blades for mowers and the year turns green — weekly cuts, trimming, edging, mulch in the beds, brush and leaves hauled away. Battle Creek honestly runs two calendars, and this outfit keeps both of them. The yard somebody loves in July is the driveway they need in February.