April in Adel is mud and robins and a green that arrives almost overnight once the ground finally warms. MVP Outdoor services waits out the soft spots, then makes that first pass of the year — the one that clears the winter-flattened grass and wakes the whole yard up. Early cuts get taken a touch high, with the trimmer squaring up the fence lines and the edges cut back where the sod crept over the walk all last summer. Winter's leftovers get raked out of the corners so the lawn can breathe into the season ahead. There is nothing quite like the smell of the first mow, or the way a yard suddenly looks like spring belongs to it.