Spring shows up in the creek bottoms first around West Point — Long Cane and Yellowjacket running full, the low ground greening a week ahead of the ridges. Lawnsmith & Sons starts the season down there and works uphill: mowing, string trimming along fence rows and banks, edging drives and sidewalks, sweeping the walks clear at the end. April in this county means grass that gains an inch overnight and a phone that starts up the same week. Getting a yard back under control and then holding it there is the entire job, and it is a good one to have.