Edison's southern edge leans on the Raritan, and the river sets the tone for the year — gray and raw in January, humid and overgrown by late June. Brd Landscaping Inc handles both ends of it: plows and shovels when a storm shuts the driveways down, mowers and trimmers once the ground softens and the grass takes off. Winter work is measured in cleared pavement before dawn; summer work is measured in even cuts and edges that hold a line. The cleanups bookend the season, hauling off what fall drops and what winter leaves behind. It is one town, watched year-round, with a different tool for every month of it.