A February thaw along the D&R Canal turns everything to grey water and grit, and then it freezes solid again by Thursday — which is exactly why the salt matters as much as the blade. Lauren's Landscaping Corporation works Franklin Township through those swings, plowing drives and lots, clearing walkways, treating the ice, then coming back in April for mowing, trimming, edging and spring cleanups. Winter here rarely commits to anything; it circles. The trick is being ready on short notice and leaving pavement dry enough to stay dry. When the towpath finally greens up near Kingston, the mowers go back on.