The old rail grade west of Evart runs arrow-straight through second-growth woods, and in April the melt sits in every low spot along it, waiting on the sun. That is when Wirth Landscaping & Hydro opens its season — raking winter's leavings off lawns, cutting the first ragged growth back into shape, dressing the beds before the blackflies find them. All summer the mowing keeps its steady turn, with trimmed fence lines and blown-clean walks to finish each yard. Then the light shortens and the same crew is out plowing drives and lots so Osceola County can get where it is going after a storm. There is satisfaction at both ends of that work: a lawn that looks combed, and a driveway that looks like the snow never landed.