There is a week in November when Ionia changes hands — the last mow on one Friday, the first plow the next. Thomas Lawn Care works both sides of it, mowing, trimming and edging all through the green months, then plowing, shoveling and salting once the driveways start filling in. Winter here does not announce itself politely; it lands overnight and leaves a foot of work outside the door. Spring and fall cleanups fill the gaps between, clearing the yard of whatever the last season left on it. Same properties, same truck turning in — only the job changes.