The first cut of the year smells like nothing else all year, and in Bergenfield it usually lands in whatever April week the wind finally comes up warm from the Overpeck lowlands. LG Lawn Service and Construction starts there — a spring cleanup to clear the winter's wreckage of twigs and matted leaves, then that first pass with the blade set high. From then on it's a weekly rhythm: mowing, edging along the drive and the front walk, trimming the tight corners, mulch worked into the beds. Hedges get shaped as they push out, and in fall the leaves go before they can pack down over the grass. Some jobs you can see the whole result of from the sidewalk, and this is one of them.