April in Lee Township is mud, meltwater standing in the ditches, and a lawn nobody has touched since November. Lee's lawns and landscaping starts the year right there — clearing off what the thaw uncovers, tidying the beds, and taking the first cut that turns a tired yard back into a lawn practically overnight. From then on it is weekly mowing, trimming around posts and outbuildings, and edging that gives a drive a definite line. Out on the section roads a place can be seen from a long way off, and the shape of the grass is the first thing anyone reads. The season closes the way it opened, with a thorough pass before the cold sets in.