At two in the morning during a February storm, Alps Road and the ramps down toward Route 23 belong to the plows. MGM landscape, landcare & snow plowing LLC runs its Preakness routes in that hour, opening driveways wide enough to back out of, shoveling walkways, and working de-icer into the shaded spots that refreeze first. When the melt finally arrives, the same crews come back with mowers and the year turns green with cutting, trimming, mulch and cleanups at both ends. The lawn work and the snow work ask for the same thing, which is showing up on the day it counts. Preakness supplies plenty of both kinds of days.