In Clam Lake township the two lakes are joined by a canal, and you can nearly set a calendar by it: open water and boat traffic for one half of the year, an ice road of shanty lights for the other. Diamond Edge Outdoor Services, LLC works both halves — mowing, trimming and cleanups while the grass is running, then plowing when the lake-effect stacks up off the big water and the drifts reach for the driveway. Snow gets carried off the turnaround rather than piled at the mouth of the drive, and walks get cleared and treated where the melt refreezes overnight. Summer's payoff is a lawn edged sharp against sand and pine; winter's is a drive open before the first snowmobile trailer heads out. Between M-55 and the national forest it is a full-year rhythm, and both ends of it matter.