Spring arrives in Richmond as mud first and green second. The frost comes out of the ground, the fields go dark and soft, and then one warm week in April the yards turn all at once. Ryders Landscaping meets that turn with the season's first mow, a cleanup of everything winter left behind, trimming around trees and posts, and a fresh edge along the walks so the new growth has a border to grow up against. Nothing looks better than that first cut of the year on a Richmond lawn — a little uneven underneath, and unmistakably alive on top. From there it is a matter of keeping pace, week after week, straight through to October.