April along the South Platte is a slow argument between winter and spring, and the cottonwoods on the riverbank are the last to concede. Then one week the buds break, the grass in Sheridan's yards comes up ragged and green, and it is time for the first cut. Laura's Lawn Care takes that first mow gently — a high pass, the winter thatch pulled out, the edges brought back along the walk and the drive. Nothing looks quite like a lawn's first tidy morning of the year: lines fresh, clippings swept, the whole yard suddenly intentional again. From there it is a steady rhythm of mowing, trimming and cleanups until the cottonwoods let go in the fall.