Spring gets into Stafford Hollow the way it always has: mud on the town roads, green coming up in patches, and then the first mowing arriving all at once in early May. That first cut of the year is the best one — a lawn goes from winter-flattened to upright and even in a single afternoon. From there it is a season of steady mowing, trimming and the cleanups that open and close it. MAD Lawn and Tree LLC keeps that schedule for yards around Stafford and its neighboring towns. Grass grows whether anyone is watching; the difference is in who shows up on the right day.