April in Waterford arrives cold and bright, the ice finally off Williams Lake, the ground just firm enough to walk without sinking. Northmen Lawn Service LLC starts its year right there, with cleanups that clear sticks, matted leaves and winter grit off the turf ahead of the first cut. Then it is mowing and edging week after week, trimming the corners, holding the borders sharp all the way through the long middle of summer. When the leaves come down along Andersonville Road, the work turns to carrying them off before they smother what was grown. A yard looks like the attention it got — that is the plain truth of it.