April in Howell arrives with a mess to answer for: oak leaves that clung on all winter, grit along the drive, grass matted flat where the snow sat longest. Kelbert Lawn And Landscape starts its season right there — raking a yard back open, clearing beds and fence lines, then the first cut that makes everything look like spring has finally decided. From that day it settles into a rhythm of mowing, trimming and edging that carries through to fall. Nothing turns a property around faster than that first clean pass after a Michigan winter. Around here it is the moment the year actually begins.