Fog off Absecon Bay can swallow the north end of Pleasantville before the sun is fully up, so the first hour of the day arrives soft and gray and quiet. Cruz Finest Landscaping LLC starts in it — mowing, trimming, edging, working a yard down to clean geometry while the town is still waking. In winter that same early hour belongs to the plow: driveways opened, walks cleared, salt down on the spots that glaze first this near the water. Coastal storms here can lay down snow that sets like concrete by afternoon, which is exactly why the work happens early. Coming back at dusk to a driveway still open is a small thing that makes an entire day easier.