April in the Thompson Valley is a beautiful fake-out: green comes up through Campion and south Loveland, then eight wet inches land on it overnight and the whole thing stands back up by the weekend. ultimate lawn care starts the year right there in the mess — the winter debris pulled off the turf first, then the season's opening cut once the ground firms underfoot. After that comes the long steady rhythm of mowing, edging and trimming, aeration to open the soil, and feeding to carry the grass through a hot, dry August. In October the leaves come off and get hauled away, and the lawn goes into the cold clipped and clear. It's plain work on ground that answers fast when somebody tends it.