By the middle of May the Kishwaukee runs high and coffee-colored under the bridges, and every lawn in Belvidere seems to add an inch overnight. FRESH SCAPES LLC works into that surge — mowing, trimming and edging on a schedule that keeps ahead of a river-valley spring instead of chasing it. The yards near the water grow thickest and hold the damp longest, so timing matters as much as the blade does. Cleanups follow the same instinct: clear the winter's leftovers, open the beds to light, let the season have room. A lawn that looks unhurried in June usually got that way from someone showing up in April.