March at the pond in Briant Park is all bare willow and cold water, and the lawns around town come out of the cold matted and gray and full of the winter's wreckage. Palacio Landscaping Inc. begins right there — raking out the dead thatch, clearing the beds, taking the first low pass of the year, laying mulch once the ground has warmed enough to take it. Every week after that, a little more color climbs back. By May the same yard that looked finished in February is thick, striped and holding its border. Watching a place come back is the finest part of the calendar.