Spring is late and then sudden in Harbor Springs — nothing, nothing, and then the birches leaf out over the hill roads toward Pleasantview in a single warm week. Michigan Pete Landscaping, Inc. meets that turn with cleanups first, raking out whatever the snow flattened, then the year's first cut on ground that has been asleep since October. From there it is mowing, trimming and edging straight through, week after week, while the cedars hold their dark green behind everything. A short season means every pass counts; there is no coasting in a place where the grass only gets a few months to make its case. By June the yards look as though they were never buried at all.