A year in White Lake Township runs from the first mow in April to the last plow in March, and Hardin's Outdoor Services works both ends of it. The warm months mean mowing on a set rotation, trimming fence lines and bed edges, and clearing the clippings before they stain a walk. The cold months turn the trucks around: plowing drives and lots, shoveling steps and paths, laying salt on the ice that forms near Pontiac Lake Recreation Area where wind crosses open ground. The tools change and the habit does not — show up, finish the detail, leave the place usable. Twelve months of that, and a property never has to spend a season catching up.