Southwest of Grand Rapids the land flattens toward Grandville and Jenison, open market-garden country where the wind crosses with nothing to slow it down. den Hollander Lawn Care works that stretch on both sides of the year — mowing, trimming, edging and cleanups while the growing season runs, plowing and salting once the flat fields start handing their snow back to the roads. Open ground drifts; a driveway cleared at dawn can need a second pass by noon, and it gets one. Along Buck Creek the yards are older and shadier, and the November leaf haul there is a serious afternoon. Grass in summer, pavement in winter, the same address either way.