Petersburg sits flat and open in the Monroe County farm country, the River Raisin curling past on its way toward Lake Erie and the sky taking up most of the view. Bedford Lawn & Snow works both halves of that year: plowing and salting drives and lots while the streetlights are still on, then mowing and trimming those same yards once the ground goes soft and green. Weather here is visible for miles before it arrives, which is a kind of gift — you can be hitched up and ready. There is real satisfaction in a driveway pushed all the way back to the pavement, and in a lawn edged so sharply the sidewalk looks new. One small city, two seasons of work, done on time.