April in Owosso is mud and hope in equal measure. The river comes up brown past the little stone castle Curwood built on its bank, the last gray drifts give out under the hedges, and every lawn in town is waiting for somebody to wake it up. Crooked Tree Nursery and Landscaping starts that season — cleanups, first cuts, edges recut where winter blurred them — and keeps the mowing going through the long green middle of the year. When the light goes low and the ground hardens again, the plow work begins: drives opened, walks cleared, lots pushed back before the day starts. Two seasons, one town, and a yard that looks looked-after in both.