The first mow of the year in Precinct 14 comes sometime in April, usually the week after the ditches turn green and the migrating birds start moving north overhead in loose, high lines. Stork Solutions makes that first pass — the one that takes the winter off a lawn — and then holds the rhythm all season with mowing, trimming and edging done end to end. Out here a yard runs to the tree line and back, so the work gets measured in acres as much as in minutes. The transformation is the good part: a matted, tired spring lawn turned uniform and upright in a single afternoon. Everything after that is upkeep, and upkeep done well is its own reward.