April in Northfield smells like wet soil and two-stroke exhaust, and the Village Green comes back before anybody's yard does. Lawn Shopper opens the season there — the first cut of the year, high and careful, followed by a spring cleanup that pulls out everything winter left behind. Edges get re-cut along walks and drives where the frost pushed them out of line. Mulch, trimming and a fertilizer round set up the growth that runs all the way to June. That first stripe across a pale lawn is the sight the whole year waits for.