Thaw comes to the farm country north of Holly all at once — the shoulders soften along North Holly Road, meltwater runs in the ditches, and the lawns underneath turn out flattened and full of winter's debris. Irish Brothers Services shows up for that cleanup first: the yard raked open, beds cut back and mulched, the season's first cuts taken as soon as the ground will carry a mower. Through summer the routes hold steady, trimmed and edged so every property keeps a defined border. Then the calendar turns and the same trucks run plows, opening drives out toward Rose Township and salting the walks that ice over first. Two brothers' worth of work, spread across a township that never really stops asking.