Saturday morning on these blocks, the alleys wake first: garage doors going up, a mower coughing to life two streets over. Crabbes lawncare and Tree services LLC works that neighborhood around Melrose with regular mowing, trimming, edging and cleanups on lots measured in feet rather than acres. A city yard hides its work in the small places, the strip between sidewalk and curb, the six inches behind the fence, the corner where the gate swings. Doing those right is what makes a short lot look twice its size. By noon the block smells like cut grass and somebody's grill, which is about as good as summer gets here.