In late May the cottonwoods along the Rio Grande Trail let go all at once, and Carbondale spends a week under drifting white that has nothing to do with winter. That is when lawns wake up hungry for a first cut, and Grow Green Now goes out to give it to them. Mowing at a height the grass can carry, trimming the shaggy fringe around posts and hydrants and mailbox stands, then clearing off the winter's leftovers so the yard can breathe. A lawn that gets its rhythm early holds it all summer, right through to the fall raking. The result is simple and worth having — a green that runs unbroken from the porch step to the property line.