A working day in Bedford can start in the dark and end in it, especially through the weeks when the season is turning and nobody is certain which job they're doing. J&N Lawn care runs both ends of it: mowing, trimming and edging while the grass is up, plowing drives and shoveling walks once the ground goes white. Storms around here don't always announce themselves — a flurry off the lake at supper can be six inches by the alarm clock. The route is built to absorb exactly that. Battle Creek keeps changing the assignment, and the answer is just being out there when it does.