Down at Blackwells Mills the canal lies flat and green past the old bridge tender's house, and the towpath keeps going whether it is July or January. Earl's Landscping Services keeps a similar calendar across Franklin Township: mowing, trimming, edging and cleanups while the ground is growing, then plowing, walkway clearing and salting once it is not. Summer work gets measured in weeks; winter work gets measured in the hours between the last flake and the first commute. Both come down to showing up on the day it actually matters. And both end the same way — standing back at the curb, looking at a place that is ready to be used.