Ecorse Creek threads quietly through Southgate, and the calendar here turns twice a year in a way you can feel: green work from April into November, white work from December into March. J & K Lawn Service, LLC does both — mowing, trimming, edging and seasonal cleanups through the growing months, then plowing, shoveling and ice treatment once the weather flips. The city's grid of tidy front lawns rewards a straight line in July and a wide, square-cut driveway in January. Same properties, same people, two entirely different jobs. Southgate and the surrounding Wayne County Downriver towns make up the service area.