In February the raceway below the old mill dam runs black and quick while the still water beside it sets into plate ice. Soto's Landscaping LLC is out in that cold — plowing driveways and lots, clearing walks, spreading salt where meltwater refreezes at the bottom of a slope. When the thaw finally holds, the work turns green: cleanups first, then the weekly cut, the trim work, the border along the walk, mulch in the beds by the front steps. Bridgeton comes back fast in April, and staying ahead of it is most of the job. White ground or growing ground, the finish is the same — clear pavement, tidy borders, nothing left in the way.