The first cut of the year in Doraville lands somewhere around the dogwoods, when the pines have dusted everything yellow and the grass finally means it. Kevin Ortiz Lawn Service opens the season right there: mowers set to height, edges recut after a winter of creeping, trimming around every post and stone, then the drive blown clean of pollen and clippings. From that first cut the schedule runs straight through the hot months and into fall cleanups. Small yards, steady weeks, no surprises. A lawn that gets its first cut right tends to look right until November.