April rain sits a long while on the flat ground of the Northern Valley before it finds its way toward the brook. Dumont Drains llc keeps lawns in that soft, low country — mowing, string trimming, spring and fall cleanups, and cutting back the beds where the wet ground grows greedy. A yard here can look tired in March and lush by May, and it is a fine thing to be the reason. The mower lays its lines, the blower clears the last of the winter grit off the apron, and the property looks awake again. Every street in town has a lawn that turns a corner like that.