April in Brunswick is one great muddy exhale — the snowbanks shrink back off the lawn edges, and every backyard between Coffin Pond and the campus gives up whatever it hid all winter. That is the season for a thorough cleanup: rake out the grit and matted thatch, clear the beds, get the turf breathing before the first mow. From there it is a summer of steady cutting, close trimming and tidy edges, right through the long green stretch when Casco Bay keeps the evenings mild. October brings the leaves down and the whole yard gets put to bed clean. Brunswick and Topsham first, with the bay towns close by.