April in Fort Gratiot is mud and possibility — the lake ice gone, the bridge lights glinting to the south, and every lawn in the township waiting to be woken up. Priority 1 Lawn Care LLC starts there, raking out the flattened growth and winter grit, then bringing the mower through for the season's first honest cut. From that day the schedule holds: mowing, trimming, edging the drive line, and clearing what falls as the year goes on. Getting to a property before it gets ahead of you is most of the craft. By the time the leaves come off in the fall, the lawn has been kept, not repaired.