Spring cleanup along Public Road is a kind of unwrapping — winter grit off the walks, matted leaves out of the beds, the first cut of the year on grass that has been waiting since October. Olvin's Landscaping Co. does that work through Old Town Lafayette and out into the newer subdivisions: mowing, trimming, edging, mulch, and the hauling that makes a yard feel new again. The town wakes up fast once the light lengthens; a lawn can go from flat and gray to standing green in about ten days. Getting to it early is most of the job. What is left behind is a yard ready for the whole summer ahead.