The first cut of the year in Southfield tends to fall in the same week the maples around Beech Woods go from bud to shade — the ground still cool, the grass suddenly two inches taller than anyone expected. Masters Lawn and Landscape LLC starts there, with a spring cleanup that pulls out the winter's grit and the last matted leaves, then settles into a mowing rhythm that holds all the way to frost. Edging along drives and walks, trimming around posts and hydrants, mulch worked in around the shrubs: the small moves that make a yard look composed rather than merely cut. The soil across these blocks runs heavy clay, so the work respects wet weeks and waits out the softest ground. By late October the leaves come off and the year closes the way it opened, with a clean sweep.