Bedford Township is laid out in mile squares, the roads running arrow-straight to the horizon, and you can watch weather come across all of it long before it arrives. Schlegel services works that open ground in both directions — mowing, trimming, edging and yard upkeep from the first green through the last leaf, then snow plowing, walkway clearing and ice control once the fields go white. The first frosty morning always shows up sooner than expected, silvering the grass and hardening the ruts overnight. After that the work becomes a matter of hours: out early, drives opened, walks salted, on to the next one. Come April it all begins again, and the mower goes back on the trailer.