March in St. Clair Shores is a grey argument — the lake still hammered pewter off Blossom Heath, the yards matted flat from months of being buried. Then one week the grass remembers itself. The UpKeep Company meets that week with rakes and blowers: spring cleanups, the first cut of the year, beds edged back into a clean shape, and a street of tired lawns starts looking looked-after again. Through the warm months it becomes the steady part of the week — mowing, trimming and keeping the growth in hand from Nine Mile up toward the Harrison Township line. Small work, done often, is what keeps a block looking like somebody's home.