April in the Grand Valley smells like wet dust and new grass, and out toward the Little Book Cliffs a meadowlark will out-sing a mower any day of the week. Bookcliff Lawn Care opens the season then — the first cut of the year, trimming back what winter left ragged, edges redrawn along drives and beds that have gone soft over the cold months. That first pass is the one that sets the shape of a lawn for the next six months, so it gets taken seriously. From there it's steady work: keep the height honest, keep the corners sharp, keep the clippings off the concrete. By June the yard looks like somebody meant it, which is the entire point.