Late February in Lincoln is the in-between season: fescue greening in patches, redbuds still only thinking about it, and every lawn wearing a winter's worth of debris. The Brady Company arrives at that turn of the year to clear it, cleanup first, then the first mow and a trim that hands the yard back its outline. From there the visits keep pace with the grass, mowing on a schedule and edging the walks and drives so the lines stay sharp all the way through the growing months. It is unglamorous and completely visible work; a neighbor can tell at a glance which houses have somebody looking after them. That is the aim, week after week, up and down the streets of Lincoln.