A house is met at the curb long before it is met at the door, and in Rose Hill that curb-to-porch stretch is short enough that every detail shows. First Impression Landscaping & Concrete LLC treats it accordingly. Mowing, edging the walk into a clean shoulder, trimming around the porch step and the fence line, then clearing every last clipping off the concrete so nothing tracks inside. The first cut of the year comes while the elms are still bare and the grass is that startled early green, and it changes the mood of a whole block. From then until the last leaf is carried off, the yard simply holds.