May in Spring Lake Township is ditches full of wildflowers and back roads that shine after a night of rain. Springer Landscaping starts its year right there — pulling winter's debris off the lawns, opening up the beds, setting the first cut of the season. From then on it's steady mowing, trimming where a machine can't reach, and edging until the sidewalk shows its full width again. Autumn brings the leaves down by the truckload, and they come off the grass before snow can press them into it. A lawn looked after all year has a color you can pick out from the road.