By six on a January morning half of Ionia is awake in the dark, waiting to find out what the night left in the driveway. JBM LawnCare LLC is out ahead of that, plowing and shoveling so the drive is open and the walk is clear before the bus comes up the street. The rest of the year those same properties get mowed, trimmed and edged, from the first green push in April to the last slow cut in November. Between the two sit the cleanups, spring and fall — less glamorous, just as necessary. Two very different jobs, one simple aim: the ground under your feet ready when you need it.