April on the township's south edge, where the ground toward Dimondale gives up its winter water slowly. Everything is brown, and then in one warm week it isn't. Royal Lawn & Landscape opens the season there with cleanups, first cuts, and trimming and edging along walks that haven't seen a blade since November. Michigan spring is short-tempered — sixty degrees Tuesday, flurries Thursday — so the work starts the moment lawns can take it. A tidy yard in April sets the tone for every month that follows.