Melvin's Landscaping keeps its hands in Cranston soil — the sandy borders down by Edgewood where the light comes off Narragansett Bay in flat silver sheets, the old mill streets folded along the Pawtuxet, the long green shoulders of the western farmland out toward the reservoir. The work is lawn care and landscaping: mowing, mulch laid dark and even around a bed, gardens designed and planted, flower beds turned and cultivated, tree work, and the steady maintenance that keeps a yard looking like someone loves it. There is a particular pleasure in the finish — the mulch line drawn clean against the grass, the shrub given room to breathe, a lawn striped and quiet in the late afternoon. Come winter the crew trades the mower for the plow, and a driveway gets opened while Cranston is still dark and the bay wind is still deciding what to do. Season after season, the same streets, a little better cared for each time.