The first mow of the year in Batavia lands in a week that smells like meltwater and mud, when the creek behind the houses is loud and the grass has gone shaggy without anyone noticing. Shuman Lawn Care opens the season there — a clean first cut, edges reopened, winter's litter carried off — then keeps it going with regular mowing and trimming right into fall. Spring in the Fox Valley is impatient; everything greens at once and stays hungry until frost. Frequent visits are what keep a lawn from ever looking like it got away. It is lawn care for Batavia and the towns around it, week in and week out.