By the middle of May the ballfields at Wolcott Park are worn green at the base paths and every lawn in West Hartford has that soft, almost bluish flush the first warm rains bring on. Brothers Associates Landscaping meets the season where it starts: winter debris hauled off, beds turned and mulched, the first true cut of the year taken at the right height so the turf thickens instead of scalding. From there it becomes rhythm — mow, trim, edge, blow the walks clean, move on — repeated with enough consistency that neighbors set their weekends by it. A lawn kept honestly all spring is a lawn that shrugs off the dry stretch in July. That long game is the whole point, and it shows in the color come August.