The first cut of the year in Wayne lands on a late-April morning when the dew has not quite lifted and the mower leaves a darker trail of green behind it. Spring Cutter lives for that morning — the smell of it, the sudden shape a yard takes on the moment its winter shagginess comes off. From there it becomes a season of steady work: mowing, trimming, edging, and the cleanups that bookend the warm months. Wayne's yards are wide and open to the sky, so they green up early and ask for attention right away. Wayne, Bartlett, South Elgin, and St. Charles are where the season is spent.