By late November the ballfields down at Tyden Park have gone quiet and brown, and Hastings starts listening for the first real snow of the year. Ulrich Lawn Maintenance changes gear with the town: plows and shovels once the driveways fill in, keeping walks and entries passable while the weather does what a Michigan winter does. When the thaw finally comes the mowers go back on, and the season runs from that ragged first cut through summer trimming and edging to the last cleanup of fall. Both halves of the year end the same way — a property left tidy and a customer who does not have to think about it. Hastings, Middleville, Nashville and Freeport are all served.