Spring in Big Rapids starts as sound — Mitchell Creek running full, gutters dripping, then a mower somewhere two streets over. Simply Green All Seasons Llc. joins that chorus early, raking out the winter's leavings, clearing the beds and walks, and putting the first true cut on lawns that have been waiting under snow since December. After that it settles into the weekly rhythm: mow, trim, edge, blow the clippings off the concrete, go. The pleasure is in the small things — the tight ring around a mailbox post, the stripe that runs unbroken to the back fence. Mowing, trimming, edging, cleanups: the plain list, done every week.