Rain comes over the Litchfield hills in sheets on certain spring afternoons, and by the next morning every lawn in Winchester has grown an inch. Irish Lawn and Landscaping meets that green head-on with weekly mowing, trimming close along foundations and fence posts, mulch in the beds and edges cut sharp beside the walk. May and June are relentless in the best possible way; by August the routes settle into an easy rhythm. Cleanups bracket the year — a hard rake-out once the ground dries, then a long leaf stretch as the hills go bare. The pleasure is all in the after: even lines on the grass, swept pavement, a yard that looks settled.