Spring gets to this county before it gets much of anywhere else — dogwoods lit up along the farm roads, the pastures turning, and every lawn in Lincolnton suddenly asking for a first cut. Trinity Lawn & Landscape answers with mowing and edging, trimming close along fences and outbuildings, and mulch worked into the beds while the ground is still cool enough to enjoy the work. Landscape care out among these red-clay hills is about proportion: a shrub kept to its shape, a border kept to its line, grass kept even from the road to the back step. Summer runs long and loud here, and the routine holds right through it until the leaves come down and get carried off. There is real satisfaction in pulling away from a yard that looks like somebody loves it.