The first mow of the year lands in April, after a stretch of rain has Cadron Creek running loud and every yard in Pleasant Ridge coming up at once. Nelson's lawn care llc opens the season with that cut — the one where the smell of cut grass gets into everything and the whole place seems to sit up straighter. After that it is steady work: mowing on a set rotation, trimming fencelines and foundations, edging drives and walks, leaving the pavement clean behind. Spring in this part of Arkansas does not ask permission; it arrives all at once and expects somebody to keep up. A lawn held even from that first cut keeps its shape clear through to frost.