April in West Branch is mud and gray and then, almost overnight, an unreasonable green. Quality Lawncare & Landscaping starts its year raking winter out of the beds, hauling off what the wind and the plows left behind, and getting the first cut down before the grass gets ahead of everybody. After that it settles into a weekly cadence of mowing, trimming and edging that holds until the leaves come. Ogemaw County packs a whole growing season into a short window, so the schedule stays tight and the route stays honest. The best part is the second week of May, when the yards finally look like themselves again.