February in Portage is a negotiation: enough midday sun to melt a driveway down to wet, enough cold by five o'clock to lock it into glass. KF Lawn Service LLC plows for the storm and then comes back for the refreeze, because along Kilgore Road the second problem is often the one that puts somebody down. Walks are cut to the pavement, salt goes where the meltwater runs, and the drive is opened wide enough that backing out does not become a maneuver. When the thaw finally holds, the same trucks return with mowers for the long green stretch — cutting, trimming, edging, cleaning up after. One town, twelve months, and a standing habit of finishing the job rather than the pass.