Spring arrives in Scottville by way of the Pere Marquette, which runs high and brown past Riverside Park while the willows go yellow-green ahead of everything else. Morrill Landscaping and Maintenance opens its season about then, walking winter-flattened yards, raking the ground awake, waiting on the first cut that finally looks like summer. From there it is mowing, trimming and edging on a steady rotation, with cleanups at both ends of the year and the general upkeep that keeps a property looking tended. Around here the fields go in early and the mowing season is short and bright, so the weeks count. A yard that stays sharp from the first warm Saturday to the last one is worth the effort.