February on the St. Joseph River at Niles: ice welded along the banks, steam lifting off the open channel, the town holding very still. JD's Tree And More is up ahead of all of it — plowing drives and lots, shoveling steps and walks, spreading salt where the shade never lets go. Snow off Lake Michigan comes through in bands here, an hour of nothing and then an hour of everything. Clearing a property before the school buses run is a small, real victory. By the time the river turns pink at sunrise, the pavement is black and the day can start.