By January the lake is firm enough for shanties to dot it, and the same weather that stiffens the water fills every driveway in town. BeeSmith's Landscaping LLC plows and clears those drives and walks ahead of the morning commute, then trades the blade for the mower deck once the ground softens. The warm months bring cutting, trimming, edging and the cleanups that open and close a Michigan growing season. This is the kind of outfit that knows a road by its worst drift and a yard by its steepest bank. Whitmore Lake, Northfield Township and the lake roads around them all get the same discipline: open it early, cut it clean, leave nothing behind on the pavement.