Lake-effect snow reaches Zeeland Charter Township without much warning — a gray band off Lake Michigan, then six inches while everyone sleeps. Wabeke Lawn & Snowplowing is out in the four o'clock dark for it, plowing drives and lots, shoveling walks, salting the ice that follows a thaw. Come May the blade comes off and the year turns green: mowing, trimming, edging, and cleanups on the same properties. Knowing a driveway in January makes a person better at mowing it in July. The place gets looked after all the way around the calendar.