Winter arrives in Barnsboro in the small hours — the crossroads empty, a skim of white on the blacktop, headlights swinging into driveways before anyone's alarm goes off. Frank's Landscaping LLC plows and shovels through that stretch of Mantua Township, clearing drives and walks and salting the slick spots so the first step out the door is a sure one. Come April the same trucks trade blades for mowers and the year turns green again: weekly cutting, borders trimmed, beds mulched, leaves cleared when the sweetgums finally let go. Two halves of one year, both about the same thing — a property that is ready when someone needs it to be. The reward is small and repeated: a driveway cleared before the day starts, a straight mow line at the end of one.