The first mow of April in Highland Township happens early, while dew still weighs the blades down and the light over Harvey Lake is more silver than gold. Spear Lawn Service, Inc. starts the year there and keeps at it: cutting week over week, trimming tight to posts and stone, edging the walks back to a line that holds. Beds get mulched once the frost quits, and the fall cleanup takes the yard down clean before the ground locks up again. Lawns on this side of the township run from lake lot to open acre, and each one wants its own pace. By the time the sun clears the trees, one more yard looks like somebody cared about it — because somebody did.