Richmond rests on ground so patient and level that in March you can watch the melt take its time deciding where to go. D & E Landscaping & Grading Inc. is out as soon as the yards firm up — cleanups, first cuts, edges redrawn, trimming everywhere a mower cannot reach. At the other end of the calendar the same trucks are pushing snow off drives and walks and laying salt where the ice always shows up first. It is a two-season life, and both halves come down to the same idea: leaving a property looking looked-after. Richmond and the towns around it, twelve months a year.