April in Poland is mud first and green second — the frost comes out of the ground around Poland Corner and for a fortnight everything underfoot goes soft. Oldcastle Lawn & Garden waits that out, then gets to work: spring cleanups, sand and winter litter raked off, beds edged and mulched, seed into the bare patches, and mowing the moment the grass will hold a blade. Watching a yard travel from gray to green in three weeks is the best stretch of the whole lawn-care year. Come October the route reverses — leaves off, beds cut back, one last cut before the ground stiffens. Poland, New Gloucester, Minot, Mechanic Falls, Oxford and Casco.