Spring reaches Raymond Village along the Tenny River, the current running high and cold between the ponds while the dooryards are still brown. Veteran Tree Care LLC opens the year there, raking out what winter left, clearing the drifted debris and taking the first cut once the ground firms up. From then on it is weekly mowing and trimming, through the green rush of June and the slower, drier weeks of August. A lawn kept on schedule never needs rescuing, and that steadiness is the whole approach. By the time the maples along the road start to turn, the yard has had a good, well-tended year behind it.