Wind comes down the Route 12 corridor with nothing to slow it, and by February the banks along the Winchester road stand shoulder high. Reed's Tree Service takes on the plowing through all of it — driveways cut open, parking areas pushed back to make room for the next one, entries dug out to bare tread. Sand and salt go down on the slick spots: the shaded curve, the base of a hill, the apron that never sees sun. Swanzey winters rarely deliver one clean storm; they deliver four days of it, so service runs straight through until the sky quits. A cleared drive before the first cup of coffee is the entire idea.