April up here is a mess before it is a marvel — meltwater standing in the low spots, sand tracked into the grass, everything pressed flat from five months under white. T.O.P Landscaping, LLC begins right there, clearing off the winter litter, waking the turf and getting the first cuts down so the season has a shape to it. From then on it is mowing, trimming and edging through Long Lake township, week after week, while the days stretch toward the solstice. A lawn brought back with care in spring holds its color straight through August. The turn comes in the middle of May, when what was gray on Monday morning is green by the weekend.